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TIL King Arthur had a brother called Madawg

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lo7LK TIL Vitaminwater is basically sugar-water, to which about a penny's worth of synthetic vitamins have been added. A bottle of vitaminwater contains 33 grams of sugar, making it more akin to a soft drink than to a healthy beverage
X0M9k TIL that during his first election, John Nance Garner was opposed in the primary by Mariette Rheiner. Following Garner's win in the primaries, the two began dating and married in 1895. Mariette went on to serve as Second Lady of the United States during her husband's tenure as vice president.
EgYDP TIL how the United States declared the end of WWII, on September 2, 1945. General Douglas MacArthur accepted Japan's formal surrender aboard the USS Missouri, which was anchored in Tokyo Bay with a fleet of almost 250 Allied vessels.
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