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TIL the last veteran of the American Civil War died in 1956.

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kJkj4 TIL: The sovereign citizen movement in Ontario, Canada is so bothersome the Ontario Govt. made it illegal to add it on your license signature.
yQlOX TIL of Vince Coleman, a train dispatcher who gave his life in the 1917 Halifax explosion to save hundreds of lives. His last message was: "Hold up the train. Ammunition ship afire in harbour making for Pier 6 and will explode. Guess this will be my last message. Good-bye boys."
6nQX TIL of Neuroscientist Benjamin Libet’s idea of consciousness that is sometimes called “Free Won’t”: that our unconscious makes all our decisions for us, and the only free will we have is to “veto” its choices
kJgxB Today i learned that Dalmatian dog puppies are born completely white. Their spots develop as they grow, usually starting to appear after about 2–3 weeks
9YB0p TIL Dublin was once a colony of the UK city of Bristol