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TIL that in State funerals in the United Kingdom, the gun carriage bearing the coffin is drawn by sailors from the Royal Navy rather than horses as seen in the ceremonial funerals.

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nW4PY TIL in the Battle of Kinshasa (2nd Congo War), Zimbabwean aircraft launched from the airport's northern part of the runway to bomb the Rwandan positions at the same airport's southern part of the runway. Average turnaround time was less than 5 minutes.
yyEM TIL that the first Canadian casualties of the Afghanistan war were from an American pilot bombing a training exercise.
ONRg TIL until a Supreme Court ruling in 1976, women in some states could buy beer at age 18. Men had to wait until 21.
b9yGE TIL less than five per cent of the victims of transatlantic slavery were landed on the coast of the present-day United States. Most enslaved Africans were carried to the Caribbean (45 per cent) or to Brazil (45 per cent).
4njJ TIL Jerry Springer had to resign from Cincinnati’s city council due to a check of his being found in an illegal brothel.