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TIL: The (Abraham) Lincoln family line has been extinct since December 24, 1985, when its last undisputed descendant, Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith, died without any children.

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4Xjxw TIL about the Turks of South Carolina, a community that traces its lineage back to Joseph Benenhaley, or Yusef Ben Ali, an Ottoman Turk refugee who fought in the American Revolutionary War, and whose members were discriminated against as "second-class citizens" in the segregated South.
oBDOK TIL that on multiple occassions, scientists have in fact compared apples and oranges, and according to one study performed at the NASA Ames Research Center in 1995 they have been found to be "remarkably similar".
1aXEX TIL that when Nigerian women's rights activist Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti was banned from organizing demonstrations, she organized "picnics" and "festivals" instead, drawing up to 10,000 participants.
b6XOp Today I learned that the liquid breathing technology used in the Movie Abyss (1989) is real and the Rats used during filming were actually breathing it in the shots.
9n1Q TIL that only 15 states in the US require a minimum age for a child to be home alone. Most states go by a child’s maturity rather then age.