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TIL of Nicholas Vedeer who was the last surviving revolutionary war soldier in New York State when he died in 1862. He was photographed in his uniform sometime before his death giving an extraordinary picture of an actual American Patriot.

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LlRV TIL that money can buy happiness. But researchers have found that its emotional well-being benefits max out at a salary of about 75K a year.
0wRNM TIL There is a family in Kentucky that has Blue blood and Blue skin
07BR TIL a man was cured of HIV in Germany via a bone marrow transplant from a donor whose gene mutation made him immune to HIV. That gene is relatively common in N. Europe. Researchers have speculated that the gene is the result of natural selection during diseases similar to small pox or Black Death
r7B4 TIL that the FBI used ‘an effective, time-tested process’ to internally address shooting incidents and concluded themselves faultless in 150 shootings.
nZMr TIL Australia’s first police force was comprised of the best-behaved convicts