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TIL the first and last time the national debt was paid off in full was 1835 by Andrew Jackson.

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J1758 TIL Reese Witherspoon is a direct descendant of John Witherspoon, one of the 56 signers of the United States Declaration of Independence.
nebjd TIL about a New Jersey history professor who was telling a story to his class about how a ranger saved his life in a canyon at night in Texas in 1940. The ranger had managed to track him down and coincidentally walked in to the classroom right as the professor was telling the story.
a8jRy TIL Charles Lindbergh was actually the 67th person to fly across the Atlantic Ocean
8e1RV TIL that the aluminium based Airstream was the only travel trailer builder in America to survive the Great Depression.
P01L TIL that the main reason for such a high percentage of Americans being behind bars is that 95% of cases never get to court. The “plea bargain” exchanges lighter sentences for guilty pleas, but eliminates all chance of appeal.