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TIL that John Armstrong Jr was the last surviving member of the Continental Congress and lived up until 1843, dying at age 84.

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0dAjM TIL as an 18 month old infant, Muhammad Ali knocked off his mother’s tooth
9YGAB TIL about Job Maseko, a Black South African volunteer soldier, who sunk Nazi ship using IED made from tin and stolen gunpowder during his time at POW camp in North Africa
ANlE4 TIL that over 98% of Ohio's puppy mills are run by the Amish, as are 97% of Indiana's, and 63% of Pennsylvania's.
ym5p TIL in 1984 McDonald’s ran a promotion where customers scratched off a ticket with the name of an Olympic event on it, and if the U.S. won that event then they would be given a free menu item. The promotion became a near financial disaster due to the Soviet boycott.
MegyW TIL astronauts returning from space report higher concern with Universalism, Spirituality and references to "values orientated toward the collective good".