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TIL the Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid II was obsessed with the fear that the Japanese Meiji Emperor would convert to Islam and supplant him as Caliph

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Nm7J TIL an 80 year old millionaire hid a treasure chest in New Mexico worth between $1 - $3 million, and it has yet to be found. The clues to the treasure are hidden in his memoir.
gr077 TIL researchers caused the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome epidemic by telling parents to put babies to sleep on their stomach
8aNBb TIL Abraham Lincoln's son was almost crushed by a train, only to be rescued by the actor, Edwin Booth. A year later Edwin's brother, John, murdered the President.
lo9aG TIL that Mother Teresa secretly confided in friends frequently about her lack of belief in God
xVl1B TIL a lottery scratcher in England was cancelled because too many customers could not figure out which is the higher of two negative numbers