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TIL: Rifle, Colorado has a restaurant named Shooters where the entire wait staff openly carries firearms.

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waQM TIL Abolitionist Cassius Clay was shot during an 1843 debate for the Kentucky House of Representatives; then, “Despite being shot in the chest, Clay drew his Bowie knife, tackled Brown, cut-out his eyes, and finally threw him over an embankment.” He would later become US Ambassador to Russia.
X05lR TIL famous baseball player Arthur Irwin committed suicide by jumping off a ship in 1928. When he died, two widows emerged. He had been living a double life and was married to two different women in different states unbeknownst to each other.
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en5g TIL there that some Native Americans have celebrated “Unthanksgiving Day” for the last 37 years
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