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TIL The Last Widow of a Civil War Veteran died in 2020

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xV5L5 TIL that lung cancer risk after quitting smoking remains elevated for decades and stays more than threefold higher than never smokers after 25 years of quitting smoking.
oROoW TIL Seeking the secret to immortality, Genghis Khan became familiar with a Taoist sage. The Monk politely suggested that the Khan should try to steer his subjects to be less murderous and asked him to stop hunting, arguing that all life is precious. The Khan agreed...he stopped hunting for 2 months
Gx8G TIL A handful of Bronze-Age men could have fathered two thirds of Europeans
YpO5A TIL JFK was on a yacht in the Mediterranean with a mistress as Jackie Kennedy gave birth to a stillborn child in 1956
6ELoZ TIL the famous "Aaron Burr" Got Milk? ad of the early 90s was directed by a then unknown Michael Bay.