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TIL That after stepping down in 1990, Augusto Pinochet remained the Commander-in-Chief of the Chilean Army under the democratic government until 1998.

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X0OwE TIL the last American Civil War widow died in 2020. Helen Viola Jackson was 17 when she married 93 year old veteran James Bolin. They married so that the Jackson would be eligible for Bolin's pension after the teenager helped the elderly Bolin with chores. Jackson never applied for the pension.
D6nJ TIL in 1842 Queen Victoria had a pistol aimed at her while she was riding a carriage, but the gun misfired and the assassin escaped. The next day she deliberately took the same route to bait the assassin, who subsequently caught.
Z8EMo TIL rabbits eat their own poop for nutritional reasons
OZwe TIL in 1996 ASCAP threatened Girl Scouts of America for singing campfire songs without paying licensing fees.
VBY0B TIL that Paula Abdul choreographed the giant keyboard scene involving Tom Hanks in "Big"