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TIL that a man who witnessed Lincoln’s assassination as a young boy lived long enough to be on a game show in 1956

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lYAa TIL that in 1916 an amendment was proposed to the Constitution that all acts of war would be put to a national vote. People voting yes would have to register as volunteers for service in the United States Army.
5YZ19 TIL The Florida Department of Citrus, through a partnership with Marvel, created Captain Citrus, as an effort to spread the nutritional message of orange juice in Florida classrooms.
Z6ZY TIL one of Frank Lloyd Wright’s apprentices designed a building that was declared historic only twenty years after it was built: Thorncrown Chapel in Arkansas.
n0NY TIL that when the mummy of Pharaoh Ramesses II needed to be moved to Paris for restoration, it was issued an Egyptian passport that listed his occupation as “King (deceased)”. The mummy was received with the full military honours usually accorded to royalty.
WkMGo TIL A woman was successfully was diagnosed in 1984 with a brain tumor, after she began hearing unknown voices in her head that told her she needed to have a brain scan.