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TIL that Lord of the Rings takes place in the real world, and that we are now in the Seventh Age.

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4kmK5 TIL of Silas Simmons, the oldest living baseball player of all time. Born in 1895, he played in the Negro Leagues from 1913-1929. After baseball, he was a porter and a department store manager. He died in 2006 at the age of 111, having outlived all 5 of his children and both of his wives
Lpym TIL a poor African American washer woman saved up over $250,000 over her lifetime, then gave most of it away to start a scholarship fund for young black students.
x6VEB TIL That Queen Latifah was the first rapper to perform at the Superbowl
yQ8Mv TIL in 2007, Siberia experienced orange snow. This orange snow was ruled to most likely caused by a heavy sandstorm in neighboring Kazakhstan. Tests on the snow revealed numerous sand and clay dust particles and a high iron-content, which were blown into Russia in the upper stratosphere.
QJvnM TIL of civil conscription, the obligation of civilians to perform mandatory labor for the government. For example, in 2019, France established the Service national universel(General National Service), a one month program which is mandatory for all citizens aged 16 to 25.