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TIL of Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, the longest-lived British princess by descent, and the last surviving grandchild of Queen Victoria. She lived through six reigns- those of Victoria, Edward VII, George V, Edward VIII, George VI and Elizabeth II. She died in 1981, aged 97.

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VMOb0 TIL A Navy study showed that washing hands 5 times daily reduced incidence of respiratory infections by 45% over a two year period.

8ayva TIL During WWII, the Amsterdam zoo hid around 250 people from the Nazis during the Nazi occupation of Holland.

4jZN TIL that Anchorage, Alaska is roughly equidistant from New York, Tokyo, and Berlin and can reach 90% of the industrialized world by air in 9.5 hours or less. As such, its airport is the third busiest cargo hub in the world.

8ey1a TIL that the Great Lakes-Saint Lawrence River Basin is the largest watershed in the world by volume, containing more than 20% of the world’s supply of fresh surface water, and about 84% of North America’s.

NLOM TIL- In 1872, Victoria Woodhull became the first woman to run for President. She did it almost 50 years before the ratification of the 19th Amendment and on Election Day, November 5, 1872, she couldn’t even vote for herself