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TIL of Cathy Wayne, an Australian singer who was shot and killed onstage while on a USO tour in Vietnam – by a US soldier

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b9nB9 TIL that in March 1848, Niagara Falls froze over and was completely blocked with ice. Factories shuttered, the US Cavalary marched on the dry riverbed, loggers collected ancient logs, and souvenir hunters collected relics from the War of 1812
16WGX TIL Canada has limits on the amount of coins considered to be legal tender for a purchase
DoVP TIL Shakespeare was the first person to use an English mechanic called verbing. Verbing is using a noun as a verb. EG. I sport good. I am currently fooding a hamburger.
nR0W TIL as the third man in history stepped onto the moon he said “Whoopee! Man, that may have been a small one for Neil, but that’s a long one for me”
EgJWX TIL Nicaragua was a popular choice for a US canal at the start of the 20th century, but narrowly lost out to Panama due to, among other reasons, a stamp showing a violently exploding Nicaraguan volcano being used as propaganda.