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TIL That Jimmy Carter and George HW Bush are in a tight race to be the oldest living former President - both currently 93

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pPpG TIL that due to generations of healthier diet, the average American soldier was several inches taller than the average British soldier at the time of the American Revolution
b6P1a TIL that until 1752, March 25th marked the start of the new year in England and her colonies
7rEMb TIL of Soviet spy, Gevork Vartanian, who stopped the Nazi assassination of Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill at the age of 19; 400 German agents were arrested/killed because of his efforts, and the assassination was ultimately prevented.
a8jvJ TIL that Norman Borlaug, an agricultural scientist, developed high-yield, disease-resistant wheat that helped prevent famine and is credited with saving over 1.2 billion lives. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970.
mxlPp TIL Roman citizens were entitled to free allotments of wine given to them by the state (skip to 20:20)