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TIL that a 6 year old Teddy Roosevelt watched Abraham Lincoln’s funeral procession.

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0wnXj TIL of NeverSeconds, a blog started by 9 year old Martha Payne to rate her school lunches and raise money for charity. Gaining popularity, parents started to take notice of the small size of the lunches and Martha was asked by the school to stop blogging.
KAnw TIL the scent of rain is called “Petrichor”
EbxX TIL The Golden Temple in India (which is regarded as the holiest site in Sikhism), runs a free kitchen that feeds more than 100,000 visitors a day regardless of race, class or religion.
Bg8KK TIL the story of Morris "Two Gun" Cohen, a Jewish British Canadian adventurer who fought in both world wars and ended up a General in the Chinese Army.
Z8XnB TIL of Noor Inayat Khan - renowned for her service in the Special Operations Executive. The first female wireless operator sent from Britain to France, she was captured by Nazis, her notes found but she refused to speak. Even under interrogation. She was executed in Dachau at 30