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TIL Conrad Heyer (1749-1856) is one of the earliest-born people to ever be captured on a photograph, and is also one of the only Revolutionary War veterans to be photographed; he crossed the Delaware River with George Washington!

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6X6J TIL that the aliens from the movie franchise Alien were based off of deep sea creatures found in Earth’s oceans.
BX9y TIL junk mail companies are charged more money if you send their mail back.
wKJM TIL that in WWII, an Australian Army nurse was shot during the Banka Island Massacre and feigned death until the Japanese soldiers left. She then rescued another injured survivor and nursed him back to health.
rRwn4 TIL In feudal England, the legal official overseeing a shire was referred to as a reeve. Even though America eventually opted to use the word county instead of shire, the title of the legal official remains today: Shire Reeve... Sheriff.
xwD7 TIL each agency of the US government has put a price on a human life. As of 2011, the Environmental Protection Agency set the value of a human life at $9.1 million. Meanwhile, the Food and Drug Administration put it at $7.9 million — and the Department of Transportation figure was around $6 million.