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TIL that Abraham Lincoln's supporters called themselves 'Wide Awakes'

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rkro TIL Thomas Midgley Jr, inventor of CFC and leaded gasoline, who is regarded as having the greatest impact on the atmosphere of any single organism in history also accidentally strangled himself to death with his final invention.
GAKM5 TIL Irene Triplett, the last person to receive benefits from the 1861-5 US Civil War, died in 2020
BJZW TIL that Life of Brian’s “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life” is the most popular funeral song in the UK and was sung at Graham Chapman’s funeral
p8BOG TIL that Unsolved Mysteries' host Robert Stack was often skeptical of the paranormal stories that the show covered. While recording narration for the show's segments, he would occasionally turn to his producer and exclaim "come on, Raymond!"
veNL TIL that 3 years after illegally joining the Marines at the age of 14, Jacklyn Lucas snuck onto a ship bound for Iwo Jima, stormed the beach without a rifle, and threw himself on top of two grenades to protect his team. He survived, and earned the Medal of Honor at the age of 17.