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TIL There is only one Woman to have received the Medal of Honor, Mary Edwards Walker. It was rescinded in 1917 because she was a civilian but reinstated in 1977.

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EgYMP TIL that residents of Missouri are the most likely to die early in the United States, with 13,781 life years lost before age 75 per 100,000 people.
wkpY TIL Johnny Cash voiced the the pepper-induced hallucination/spirit guide/Coyote in The Simpsons
4GPJ TIL Dandelion is called that because it used to be called “dent-de-lioun” - “tooth of the lion” because of the shape of the leaf, NOT the flower’s resemblance to the mane.
kODNg TIL Coffee drinkers are 53 percent less likely to commit suicide, thought to be correlated to the dopamine released while coffee drinking.
v7x7 TIL there’s a recently discovered fingernail-size frog that can morph its skin texture from spiny to smooth in just minutes and is the first shape-shifting amphibian ever found