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TIL the P-51 Mustang WWII-era fighter was used by the USAF until the middle of the Korean War, and even served with the Dominican Republic until 1984.

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wLK98 TIL of Civil War General John Sedgwick. After his soldiers began ducking for cover, Sedgwick rode into the open and declared "They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance", before being shot and killed by an enemy sharpshooter.
nWweP TIL of Abe no Nakamaro. A Japanese poet, he visited Tang Dynasty China as an Envoy of Japan. He failed to go home due to repeated shipwrecks and a Chinese rebellion, so he accepted a government post in the Tang Dynasty and was so talented that he was appointed governor of Vietnam.
9w0Vm TIL about Louis van Schoor, the South African 'Apartheid Killer' and former policeman convicted of multiple murders in the 1980s who claimed he was targeting criminals.
9wvZp TIL that one of the very last surviving team members of the 1939 film “The Wizard of Oz” is Caren Marsh Doll, who is currently 104 years old. Marsh served as Judy Garland’s stand-in during the film’s production.
wL0yJ TIL the original plot for the TV show Frasier had Kelsey Grammer playing a paralyzed media mogul cared for by a street-smart nurse in a Manhattan penthouse.