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TIL that there are currently living children of Civil War Veterans 150 years after the war, who can still recall their fathers’ war stories.

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9YWeB TIL in 1889, President Harrison signed identical documents that created North and South Dakota as states. No one knows which state was the 39th or the 40th to enter the Union because Harrison signed the documents blind and declared, “They were born together; they are one and I will make them twins."
VMNyG TIL We're taller in the morning than in the evening due to gravity compressing the cartilage in our spines when we stand up , sit , etc.
l77mK TIL 'The Epic of Sundiata' is a historical poem that has been performed for over 780 years across West Africa. Studied in schools of many nations in the region today, it tells how Sundiata Keita founded the Mali Empire (1235-1670). Over centuries it has been translated in Arabic, French and English.
p8ZbO TIL about Aimo Koivunen, who overdosed on methamphetamine in WW2 while evading Soviet forces and ended up skiing 100km during the night losing his squad, ammunition and food supplies
yVZ8v TIL that sharks do not produce sounds. Out of the 400-500 species, no organ capable of producing sound has ever been found.