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TIL Ronald Reagan's post presidency office was in Fox Plaza, where Die Hard was filmed.

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m1pVx TIL that before the California Gold Rush, there was one in North Carolina in 1799! A 12-year-old named Conrad Reed found a 17-pound gold nugget while playing in a creek and used it as a doorstop for three years. When his family realized its value, they started the first gold rush in America!
yQAYp TIL Popular drug educator and Youtuber Krystle Cole aka "Neurosoup" was involved in the brutal torture of 18 year old Brandon Green
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