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TIL the world's oldest chewing gum is 9,000 years old

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1aYdr TIL that Johnny Leech and his family, gardeners and descendants of the African diaspora, lived in former servant quarters in South Carolina at Magnolia Plantation up until 1999.
xEn1 TIL that WWI was one of the first wars where there were more deaths from actual combat than disease.
ZYe4 TIL In 1948 the United States Air-force tested the XF-85 Goblin, a jet fighter designed to be deployed and retrieved from a bomber’s bomb-bay. The bomber could carry a maximum of 4 XF-85s, turning it into a “Flying Aircraft Carrier”.
Wka4o TIL In parts of Virginia it's illegal to trick or treat if you are over the age of 13 and is punishable as a misdemeanor unless you are just walking your kid or sibling(s).
4k64o TIL that all four of the beatles contracted gonorrhea while the they were in Hamburg.