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TIL that the US Secret Service was originally formed to combat counterfeit currency. It wasn’t until 1901, after the assassination of President William McKinley, that their responsibilities broadened to presidential protection.

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Ypajv TIL when performing a push-up, you support about 69% of your bodyweight in the up position, and about 75% in the down position.
b6vEE TIL that MLK had a 75% disapproval rating when he died, largely due to White disapproval over his views on fixing economic injustice
5Y44B TIL of a "gravity train". If you could dig a tunnel through the center of the earth, a train could travel from one end to the other through force of gravity alone, coming to a gentle stop exactly at the other end.
X7lQ TIL A man named Mike Merrill decided to sell shares in himself at $1 a share allowing his stockholders decide what he should do with his life
4XEXX TIL that Bob Drane, founder of Lunchables, won’t even feed them to his own kids.