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TIL: Canadian JW Boucher served in the American Civil War and World War 1

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yVMO8 TIL that long before the Clampett family took that title, there was a country/western/bluegrass group in the 1930s called The Beverly Hill Billie's. Some of their recordings are on YouTube.
R5By9 TIL: In 2018, researchers found that in Scotland, the amount of drugs consumed per session was more than double the global average. In additional, 36.7% of users reported that drugs were delivered within 30 minutes. Other data also showed that Scotland had high hospitalization rates due to alcohol.
BgYpL TIL that in 1904, the Hotel del Coronado in San Diego, California unveiled the world's first electrically lit outdorr Christmas tree
bn09 TIL that there is a parasitic worm in grasshoppers that, when fully grown, makes the grasshopper seek water and drown to return the parasite to water.
loNXa TIL: There is a specific term for a young woman's first period... Menarche.