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69WOX TIL John Salling was recognized as Virginia’s last surviving Confederate veteran and lived to 1959 at claimed age of 112. Later census research showed that Salling was born in 1858 rather than 1846 and Virginia State Library didn't have his war records
DQwMv TIL Dinosaurs had belly buttons
LQeY0 TIL that of the 780 prisoners who have been held in detention at Guantanamo Bay, only 16 have ever been charged by the United States
9xkp TIL more rain falls on a Saturday than any other day, thanks to a seven-day dust cycle caused by traffic and industrial activity during the working week. Since Nature doesn’t generally follow 7 day patterns, they’re a human invention.
4XGmo TIL The same bomber group that nuked Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the 509th Composite Group, was also the first U.S. Military group to respond to the 9/11 attacks. The group was at the time (2001) and still is known as the 509th Bomb Wing, stationed in Whiteman AFB, Missouri.