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TIL The Last Civil War Veteran Died In 1956, And The Last Child of a Veteran Still Receiving An American Civil War Pension, Passed Away in 2020.

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GY8a1 TIL of the Republic of Pirates, a Caribbean state that lasted for 12 years under the governance of a pirate code.
BdPx TIL the Neapolitan mastiff almost died out in World War 2
JY7lB TIL about ''Göbekli Tepe'' The first temple on earth, predating Stonehenge by 6,000 years.
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