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TIL that Cowboys didn’t actually wear cowboy hats. ????????????

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0wXD5 TIL that when actress/singer Vanessa Williams was born, her parents announced her birth with "Here she is: Miss America." In 1984, she became the first African American to be crowned Miss America.
dL0r TIL that when young people are affected by grief, their immune system becomes stronger. However, when older people experience grief, their immune system weakens. This may explain why many elderly couples pass away only a short time apart.
jN99a TIL the civil war era Fort Montgomery, near the New York/Canada border, is a privately-held 86 acre estate that has been on the market for decades. Peak asking price was $9 MIL in 2006 but the current listing is under $1MIL.
J1Jgv TIL french pirate Olivier Levasseur allegedly tossed a necklace containing a puzzle that leads to his treasure into a crowd of people moments before his execution. He told the crowd to go find it if they can.
Vm10 TIL the CDC did a study and found that you could track food poisoning outbreaks simply by searching for words like “sick,” “vomit,” “diarrhea” or “food poisoning” in Yelp reviews