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TIL: FL woman sent thousands of dollars to Peru to help suspected killer Joran Van der Sloot with his defense.

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5Vm6r TIL that President Theodore Roosevelt is the only person to have been awarded a Nobel Peace prize and the Medal of Honor.
Y7n6W TIL that the trail of Lewis and Clark can be partially tracked through the mercury left from their excrement
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