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TIL of Conrad Heyer, a soldier who crossed the Delaware with George Washington and lived long enough to be photographed

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omXK TIL That in 1974 Steve Rogers (Capt. America), disillusioned by corruption in the U.S. government, temporarily ditched his patriotic personna and became Nomad, the hero without a country.
yK9v TIL The average life span of a great nation is 250 years and the similarities between them are amazingly similar despite geographical and technological differences and this pattern has been consistent for over 3,000 years
R7vo9 TIL that NASA has confirmed that the earth is greener than it was 20 years ago due to China's and India's dominates heavy investments in re-plantation.
ZnYD TIL Serial killer Ted Bundy once worked at a Suicide Hotline Crisis Center and was described by co-workers as being kind, solicitous and empathetic.
pYdG4 TIL Australia has a public collection programme for funnel-web spiders. The public are asked to catch the deadliest spider in the world (capable of killing a child in 15 minutes, and has fangs that can pierce toenails) and take them to designated points. They are milked for the anti-venom programme.