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TIL that Harry Truman’s official memorial isn’t a physical one like the Lincoln Memorial, but rather is a federal scholarship for grad school worth $30,000 that’s given out to college juniors interested in public service.

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OokDL TIL that Kirk Kerkorian, the richest person in Los Angeles, has dispensed more than $200 million and a school, and he has never allowed anything to be named in his honor
EgDrx TIL Jeff Cohen who played Chunk, the chubby kid in the Goonies went on to study law and entertainment law later co-founding the Cohen & Gardner firm in Beverly Hills. Earlier he asked Goonies director R.Donner for a recommendation for his college application Donner and his wife offered to pay for it
won8E TIL about the Newport Dock Disaster of 1909, which claimed the lives of 39 men, and also about Tom Toya Lewis, a 14-year-old boy who attempted to help the trapped men and who was awarded the Albert Medal for his efforts.
d8O8j TIL as part of Ben Franklin's will, the cities of Boston and Philadelphia both received 1000 pounds sterling with the will requiring a portion of the money be set aside for 200 years. When this portion was finally accessed it was worth several million dollars.
ADe9l TIL on Jan, 31, 2007, Boston PD mistook LED placards depicting 'The Moonites' for city wide bomb threat.