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TIL that Queen Elizabeth II was a truck mechanic in the army

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oxAR TIL that red bell peppers are simply fully ripened green bell peppers. Yellow bell peppers, however, are different cultivars.
VM5Rp TIL that in 1862, the District of Columbia Emancipation Act paid those loyal to the Union up to $300 for every enslaved person freed. The largest individual payout was $18,000 for 69 slaves, which is equal to $556,024.34 in 2020.
m1lAY TIL about longest tennis match in history, Isner beat Mahut 70-68, in Wimbledon 2010; it lasted 46h34m spanned over 3 days (match was suspended twice due to fading light); this can't happen again due to new tiebreaker rule introduced in 2019
e0weJ TIL that Washington state sends it's most dangerous sex offenders to an island in the Puget Sound accessible only by a restricted state run ferry.
x4lk TIL Mark Wahlberg was a violent racist bully in the 80’s. He purposely yelled racial slurs and threw rocks at black people. He also beat a vietnamese man in public.