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TIL that during Reddit’s early days, the founders created hundreds of false accounts in order to make the site seem more popular and diverse.

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R9jj TIL Abraham Lincoln’s sole guard at Ford’s Theater on April 14, 1865 was an unreliable cop who walked to the saloon next door to get drunk during the fateful play. Ironically, John Wilkes Booth was at the same saloon working up courage before walking next door to assassinate the unguarded President.
GZEj TIL During the 9th century AD, two Vikings graffitied their names in the runes of Hagia Sophia. These carvings have survived since the Byzantium era, and are still viewable in modern-day Istanbul.
5Vy8n TIL From 2001 to 2006, a Spanish Woman staged 7 fake kidnappings of her children, receiving over 600,000 euros in "ransom" from her husband.
78YJ7 TIL That anyone killed by lightening in Rome was denied proper burial, because it was assumed the gods had punished him
d85w9 TIL about "Findians". They're mix between Finns and Native Americans and they live In the Great Lakes region. Their culture is mixture between Finnish culture and Ojibwa culture.