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TIL the last US Civil War widow died in 2008.

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4XapN TIL During the US occupation of Japan after WWII, General Douglas MacArthur oversaw the Japanese government introducing large social and economic reforms inspired by President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal
eMm4 TIL that in Singapore, car registration is typically $50,000 ~ $70,000 due to their “Certificate of Entitlement” system designed to reduce road congestion and promote public transportation
7DAM TIL that US Marines murdered 24 unarmed Iraqi civilians in response to an IED that killed a Marine in Haditha, Iraq. The Marine Corps reported that 15 civilians were killed by the IED, and 8 ‘insurgents’ were killed in response. Evidence showed this report to be false.
D1noJ TIL Xenophanes (c. 570 – c. 475 BC) was the first person known to have used fossils as evidence for a theory of the history of the Earth. Having discovered fossils of marine life on a mountain he posited they were once underwater.
kPwm TIL Pit Bulls were once known as “nanny dogs” because of how kind and protective they were of children.