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TIL American presidential widows are entitled to secret service protection and the ability to mail letters without postage until they remarry or die

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OjNg TIL a 14 karat gold LEGO brick was given out in the early 80s to employees who had worked at the Germany LEGO factory for over twenty-five years. They are valued at nearly $15,000.
QyYL TIL during the first stages of the Spanish-American War, USS Charleston fired 13 shots at the island of Guam as a response they sent a small ship carrying a Spanish officer who asked the USS Charleston for gun powder as they were out of it.
aJPA TIL That citizens of the Commonwealth (Canada, Australia ect.) are allowed to vote in the United Kingdom.
vPPm8 TIL that the United States is the world's biggest food product exporter by far, valuing at around $90 billion annually.
W7y74 TIL only 5% of residential homes in the UK are thought to have air conditioning and many buildings are designed in a way to keep heat in.