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TIL the NEW River in West Virginia is the fourth oldest river in the world

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neQPG TIL some of the slaves freed from Charleston SC during the civil war organized a March at a race track where union soldiers had died in what is known as the first memorial day observance (a year before other states, and 3 years prior to the first national observance).
7rEE7 Virgin Orbit says it is close to launching a rocket to orbit for the first time, after it performed a successful test over the Pacific Ocean near Los Angeles.
R57Oj TIL that during the East German coffee crisis in the 1970s, care packages from the West ended up providing an estimated 25% of all coffee in East Germany. Demand for the fruit bread which was the traditional return gift was so high a minister proposed a ban on gifting it.
NXd1 TIL There was a dagger specifically for finishing off wounded knights. It’s called the misericorde, Latin for mercy.
vPmLL TIL raindrops don't actually fall in a teardrop shape. Air resistance flattens them into a hamburger bun shape as they fall!