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TIL that Confederate Soldiers are not considered American Veterans

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Oorm1 TIL William Wrigley, founder of Wrigley’s Gum, invented direct mail marketing. In 1915 he mailed a pack of gum to every person in the phone directory in the United States.
yQYDJ TIL PRIAPOS (Priapus) was the god of vegetable gardens. He was also a protector of beehives, flocks and vineyards. Priapos was depicted as a dwarfish man with a huge member, symbolising garden fertility. Basically he’s the god of ????
kJwld TIL in 2014, Bell had a $2.80 Touch-Tone service fee for landline customers that was voted as "Canada's dumbest charge"
GYyN5 TIL that a peace flame has been burning in Hiroshima since it was lit in 1964, and will remain lit until all nuclear bombs on the planet are destroyed and the planet is free from the threat of nuclear annihilation.
x6mR5 TIL that a British WW2 tail gunner fell 18000 feet without a parachute. His fall was broken by fir trees and a soft snow cover on the ground and suffered only a sprained leg.