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TIL a $60,000 USD Pokemon card was lost in the mail

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5VLO9 TIL Abraham Lincoln was offered by the Taylor administration to appoint him secretary or governor of the Oregon Territory as a consolation for not getting another post in the Land Grant Office. Lincoln declined in favor of returning to Illinois.
bnyE TIL that Rebecca Black donated the profits of ‘Friday’ to the emergency relief fund for Japan.
alL0 TIL that the Baby Boomers were nicknamed the “Me Generation” due to their perceived narcissism.
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9wODG TIL Wayne Brady wrote a spoken word called: “A Piece by the Angriest Black Man in America (or, How I Learned to Forgive Myself for Being a Black Man in America)”