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TIL Irene Triplett – the 86-year-old daughter of a Civil War veteran – collects $73.13 each month from her father’s military pension

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5Vgbr TIL - The Stone of Destiny, an ancient stone on which Scottish monarchs had been crowned, was taken from Scotland, by King Edward I of England in 1296, and in 1950 4 Scottish students from the University of Glasgow stole the Stone from Westminster Abbey in London and took it back to Scotland
VBVPG TIL of Kim Hyon-hui - a north Korean agent who killed 115 people in a plane bombing. Originally sentenced to death, she was pardoned after less than a year and has been free ever since
oo5K TIL even though Einstein said “God does not play dice with the universe” He also said. “It was, of course, a lie what you read about my religious convictions, a lie which is being systematically repeated. I do not believe in a personal God and I have never denied this but have expressed it clearly.”
m1Dgy TIL between 1949 - '69 the US Army conducted 239 open-air tests of biological agents on unknowing US civilians in San Francisco, New York, Washington DC, Key West and more. In 80 of those experiments the Army said it used live bacteria.
LQjQZ TIL that three Leicester City players including the son of its former manager created a scandal that involved taping an orgy in Bangkok with local prostitutes before the seasons' start. The replacement manager then went on to win the Premier League as extreme underdogs at 5000/1 odds.