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TIL that the last beneficiary of the Civil War veteran's pension died just 2 months ago (May 31, 2020)

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lo1M1 TIL A French doctor lured as many as 60 Jews into his home under the pretence of safety from the Nazi occupiers. He then killed them with his own gas chamber.
5VMpp TIL that Steven Spielberg is an uncredited executive producer of every single live-action Transformers film
e0l16 TIL that the males of at least 30 species of spiders will tie females up in silk threads known as “bridal veils” in order to give themselves enough time to escape from being eaten after sex.
J1BMk TIL that no human has beaten a computer in a chess tournament in over 15 years.
97YB TIL that the entire staff of Australian radio station Triple J went on strike to protest the censoring of the N.W.A song ‘Fuck tha Police". As one final protest before they left they put N.W.A’s 'Express Yourself’ on repeat. It played for 24 hours straight.