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ElO0 TIL that an English POW in WWI was granted permission to visit his dying mother and voluntarily returned a week later.
5VVGD TIL The largest US industrial spill was in Kingston TN. 2008 with 5.4 million cubic yards of coal ash equivalent of 1.1 billion US gallons was released into the surrounding environment.
OoP6g TIL In medieval times women's hairstyles showed if they were single or married. Married women would have kept their long hair tied up in braids beneath a head covering of some sort. Single women would allow their hair to fall freely over their bodies signaling that they were available for marriage.
78e4P TIL the state parliament of Bremen, Germany, is called the Bürgerschaft
e0oLb TIL That most animals bodies manufacture their own vitamin C. Only primates are unable to make our own. A few very rare species of birds and fish also lack this ability. The intake must be maintained through diet.