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

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jN0JN TIL: Until the late '60s Disneyland banned male guests who had long hair
8Qbb TIL scottish scientists created a pizza that has 30% of your daily recommended nutrients. You can eat it for breakfast, lunch, and dinner for a complete day’s worth.
X9WX TIL Some ducks have been observed floating through tidal rapids or fast-moving sections of rivers, and when they’ve reached the end, they hurry back to the beginning to ride over and over.
6Dv7 TIL that the Russian version of ‘Who Wants to be a Millionaire?’ had to scrap the 'ask the audience’ lifeline as the audience would intentionally give the wrong answer.
KgDQ TIL the Jamican bobsleigh team depicted in the movie “Cool runnings” was in two more olympic games. In the 1994 olympic they silenced many of their critics by finishing in 14th place, ahead of the United States, Russia, Australia and France. They where for a short while ranked 8th in the world.