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TIL Heathrow Airport will provide a free sunflower lanyard to travelers with hidden disabilities so airport staff can recognize passengers who might need extra assistance without needing to declare it.

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YrwZ TIL that Ulysses S. Grant threatened to resign his commission if the President and U.S. Government prosecuted Robert E. Lee or any of his men.
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