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TIL The last US Civil War Widow died in 2020. The practice of a young woman marrying an older man for his Civil War pension as a dependent was common practice in the early 20th century

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4kMeJ TIL while filming Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Linda Hamilton suffered permanent hearing damage in one ear when Arnold Schwarzenegger fired a shotgun inside an elevator after she had removed her ear plugs.
dDv67 TIL of New Ireland - a large island in Papua New Guinea with a population of 120,000 people. It is named after the island of Ireland.
gMAey TIL about World Hello Day, a Holiday created in the 70s to remind the world that conflicts should be resolved with communication. It is celebrated by verbally greeting 10 or more people.
OGnj7 TIL that mitochondria likely exist in cells today because a more complex cell engulfed the smaller mitochondrion around 1.45 billion years ago. It’s been successful symbiosis ever since.
5Y09p TIL the click/snap sound when you click/snap your fingers comes from your middle finger hitting your palm with force