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TIL Jeanne Calment, a French supercentenarian, met Vincent Van Gogh and watched the Eiffel Tower constructed.

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nenKb TIL Signalman 1st Class Douglas Munro is the Only Coast Guard Medal of Honor Recipient and helped save 500 Marines at Guadalcanal. He died while getting the last Marines out. His last words were “Did they get off?” referring to the last of the Marines.
a81xN TIL that Colonel Sanders once studied Law and served as a Justice of the Peace in Little Rock, but his legal career ended abruptly after he got into a courtroom brawl with a client.
DQxXr TIL: the 1966 song “For What It’s Worth” by Buffalo Springfield was not written about the Vietnam War. The song was actually written about the protests/riots on L.A.’s Sunset Strip that occurred because the LA County began enforcing a 10 p.m. curfew for anyone under 18.
p5Wp TIL America has been at war for 222 out of 239 years of existence.
R7j0Q TIL Army Ants Are Being Used To Stitch Up Wounds In The Villages Of Africa