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TIL: In 2006, Texas started arresting people for being drunk in bars

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5YJ9r TIL that Abraham Lincoln, at 32, fell into a depression so profound that his friends feared he might kill himself, because of the injustice he felt he had done to his wife by having a love affaire with another woman. Lincoln: "I am now the most miserable man living. ... I must die or be be better"
KOmQR TIL there's skincare for fishes.
7rlRZ TIL Teri Horton, the woman who purchased a painting by Jackson Pollock worth $50 million in a thrift store for five dollars.
nWgBo TIL that in the 1952 Texas gubernatorial election, incumbent Allan Shivers ran on both the Democratic and Republican tickets, beating himself 73%-25%.
kYmW TIL You can take a tour of the white house with google maps!