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TIL Dick Cheney’s openly lesbian daughter gave birth to two children

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VMK64 TIL Army vet Gregory Holeman needed a ride to the hospital but didn't know if Veterans Affairs covered an ambulance not pre-authorized. He asked his sister to call a social worker but she misdialed & Jimmy John's answered; JJ delivery driver Zack Hillmer (a U.S. Navy vet) drove him to the hospital.
kJkwm TIL that Peterborough, ON, Canada has the highest hydraulic liftlock in the world AND was the first city in Canada to use electric streetlights
wLDm7 TIL of the almost extinct N/uu language. And today one of the four remaining speakers past away
8ar0G TIL there are over 35,000 islands in The Great Lakes of North America.
VMGl4 TIL about Ghost Stories, an anime that did so poorly in Japan they gave the American dub free reign to do whatever they wanted and the voice over team went nuts.