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TIL that Helen Viola Jackson was the last surviving widow of a Union soldier and the last surviving widow of a Civil War veteran overall; she died on December 16, 2020, at the age of 101.

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PYrGn TIL that Shrek was submitted and accepted into the Cannes Film Festival, one of the most prestigious film festivals to happen every year and competed against films like David Lynch’s Mulholland Drive, The Piano Teacher, and The Son’s Room. Shrek truly a masterpiece amongst all films.
6QJm TIL the greatest maritime loss of life in US history is not the Titanic, but a steamboat disaster in 1865. After Union POWs returning from the horrors of Andersonville crowded The Sultana on their way home, 3 of the 4 boilers exploded, sinking the ship on the Mississippi river and killing 1,700
BrZ5r TIL April 18, 1930, was such a slow news day that at 6:30 PM, the BBC's radio announcer said, “There is no news."
8eXKP TIL in the Battle of Arausio, the Roman army was defeated to the Cimbri and Tuetons, and lost about 120,000 soldiers, but the two consuls who led the army survived.
X4Lk TIL Civil Rights Lawyer Lynne Stewart had a 28 month jail sentence increased to 10 years for saying - “I could do that standing on my head”. She is now dying of cancer in prison.