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TIL a civil war veteran lived to see thermonuclear weapons and I Love Lucy

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d8LlB TIL the UK has been in a war somewhere every year since 1936.
epWGL TIL that Judy Garland, star of ‘The Pirate’, missed 99 of the 135 days of rehearsals and filming, only showing up for 36 days.
ANrDd TIL that the longest musical performance in history is being held in a church in Germany, and it's set to last 639 years. The piece, "As Slow As Possible" by John Cage, began in 2001 and will end in 2640.
ZpdJv TIL although Mongols form less than 0.45% of China's population, it's still ~6.3 million people. Mongolia itself has a total population of ~3.5 million people with ~96% of them being Mongols.
xVb4w TIL The Chief Baker on the Titanic "fortified" himself using alcohol and survived the freezing for two hours until he was rescued from the sinking ocean liner.