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TIL the last US Civil War widow died in 2008.

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ZplrQ TIL the “Tylenol murders” were the driving force behind tamper-resistant packaging for over-the-counter meds
gMNWL TIL that when Spanish King Ferdinand II (funder of Columbus) went to war with the French over Naples, despite previously signing an agreement to partition the region, he said: "The King of France complains that I have twice deceived him. He lies, the fool; I have deceived him ten times and more."
0aRN TIL: The Acanthopis snake is known as the Death Adder but that name is, somewhat ironically, a mishearing of the original name ‘Deaf Adder’ which comes from the fact that, unlike other snakes, they do not run away from human disturbance.
W7oOA TIL A Gun Battle Ensued Between Army Rangers and Gang Members in the US
4PKg TIL a man leaped from a 7th story balcony at a Chinese shopping mall after his girlfriend refused to stop shopping. He reportedly told her she had ‘more shoes than she could wear in a lifetime’ before jumping to his death.