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TIL four Catholic Priests survived less than a mile from the blast of the A Bomb on Hiroshima

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5W88 TIL the last surviving veteran of the American Revolutionary War was Lemuel Cook, who died in 1866 at 106 years. He lived long enough to see the end of the Civil War.
7rdrZ TIL "Yankee Doodle" was written by the British to mock americans. "Doodle" is thought to come from the German "dödel", meaning "fool" or "simpleton" and "macaroni," a flamboyantly stylish type of dress, painting the Yankees as morons who thought placing a feather in one's cap made them a "dandy."
ADk4w TIL Charlie Chaplin received a 12-minute standing ovation when he won the Honorary Oscar in 1972, the longest in Oscar history
ErG7 TIL The Canadian Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL) goes into effect July 1, 2014 and requires every “commercial email” to have express or implied consent (the law is applicable if the business is based outside of Canada)
Rla4 TIL that world’s shortest man is Chandra Bahadur Dangi (21.5 inch) and shortest woman is Jyoti Amge (24 inch).