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TIL the song ‘Mrs. Robinson’ was originally titled 'Mrs. Roosevelt’, and the lyrics and title were altered at the request of the director of the film 'The Graduate’.

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n1lY TIL the last surviving Civil War veteran lived long enough to have seen television.
D6eY TIL People are training rats to detect landmines. The rats are too light to set the mines off and can smell the explosive compound extremely well. The rats are very fast and can clear an area 3 times faster than use of electronic mine sweepers and with higher accuracy.
Y7D7A TIL Oranges can be artificially colored in the US, hiding green skin underneath
696OZ TIL: When Sherman published his memoirs during Grant’s Presidency. Many thought that Sherman treated Grant unfairly, however Grant defended the book, saying "when I finished the book, I found I approved every word;that…it was a true book, an honorable book…just as I expected Sherman would write”
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