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TIL that Abraham Lincoln successfully defended a criminal defendant by using an almanac to challenge a man’s assertion that he saw the murderer “By the light of the moon.”

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vkMD TIL a greek saint got so tired of helping people, he sat on top of a pole for 37 years to get away from everyone
0w1B5 TIL that Ray Parker Jr. was a highly sought after session guitarist, playing on hits by Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Bill Withers, and more - long before Ghostbusters. Playing in clubs and gigging at 15 years old, the young Parker ended up making more money than his father in a year.
awMNZ TIL that Mount Everest has so much garbage and equipment left behind by climbers, that the Government of Nepal now demands that each climber deposit $4,000, which is refundable only if the climber brings down at least 17.6 pounds of trash on his or her way off the mountain.
9VrG TIL that Edwin Land invented the Polaroid camera when his three year old daughter asked him why she couldn’t see a photo he had taken of her right away.
VMKmQ TIL of SR-71 Blackbird test pilot Bill Weaver, who survived a free fall from space after his plane disintegrated around him doing Mach 3.2