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TIL Neil Young wrote the song "Ohio" days after the Kent State Shootings that left 4 students dead and 9 others wounded on May 4, 1970. The song has since been described as the greatest protest record ever written.

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VMJvZ TIL the Vietnam War is the only war in American history in which US war dogs were not allowed to officially return home after the war. Classified as expendable equipment, around 3500 dogs who were not killed in action were either euthanised or left behind.
9wPMm TIL in a rare move for a large corporation, SC Johnson voluntarily stopped using Polyvinylidene chloride in saran wrap which made it cling but was harmful to the planet. They lost a huge market share.
gMXnD TIL: Covent Garden Ladies was London's directory of prostitutes published from 1757-95. It advertised different women, for example: "Miss Clicamp: finest, fattest figure as fully finished for fun and frolick as fertile fancy ever formed. Fortunate for the true lovers of fat."
Ra5Q TIL Jim Morrison predicted the coming of hip-hop and electronic style music
X0GWr TIL Abraham Lincoln had a cousin called Abraham Lincoln.