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TIL: The Original Verse in “Take Me Home, Country Roads” That Was Deemed Too Risqué for Radio Play

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xWN5 TIL genius mathematician, philosopher and logician Kurt Gödel eventually starved to death, after his wife was hospitalised and he did not trust eating food prepared by anyone else
woLyJ TIL about the 1st Minnesota Infantry who lost 82% of their fighting strength on July 2nd 1863 at the Battle of Gettysburg. This stands as the largest loss by any surviving US military unit in a single days engagement
JvGj TIL that in 2002, a 15 year old boy inspired by 9/11, stole an airplane and flew it into a skyscraper in Tampa, Florida. It damaged one office room and he was the only person that died.
bbA7 TIL that the most senior officer to survive the sinking of Titanic, Charles Lightoller, went onto serve in World War I where he rammed a German U-boat as commander of HMS Garry, and helped evacuate British soldiers from Dunkirk in World War II
1abVr TIL that the Seventh amendment of the constitution hasn’t changed since it was written so inflation hasn’t been applied despite being over 200 years old.