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TIL: The first 7 Aftrican Americans elected to Congress were all Republican

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DQgbP TIL Ex-Miami Dolphins RB Rob Konrad Swam 16 Hours to Shore after falling off his boat in the ocean
Me1PK TIL that Irene Triplett is the sole surviving person receiving a Civil War pension from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Irene's father, Mose Triplett, was born in 1846, managed to fight on both sides of the Civil War, and was 83 when Irene was born.
YpVpd TIL "Chicken Sexism" - Over 45 million male chicks are slaughtered every year in Germany alone as they are considered useless in modern poultry farming.
1aGE7 TIL Cap’n Crunch once gave a free prize whistle that blew a 2600 Hz tone - so if you dialed a long distance phone number and blew the whistle, it gave you free long distance calls.
oB8a8 TIL Ketamine is increasingly used to treat depression and anxiety