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TIL that there is a pecan pie vending machine in Cedar Creek, Texas. The machine is open 24/7, is stocked daily, and contains full-sized pies and other sweet pecan treats.

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oBdG7 TIL about Ota Benga - a Congolese man purchased by a white missionary - who was put on display in the Bronx Zoo. He killed himself in 1916.
9KK7 TIL Holy Roman Emperor Charles V was one of the first people to propose creating a Panama Canal
1abdD TIL a statue of shirtless Abe Lincoln has been in the LA Federal Courthouse since 1939. He's 8 feet tall, muscular, shoeless, and is holding a book while tugging down his waistband.
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