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TIL New York has a memorial to Benedict Arnold's leg

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oJ0r TIL That the officer in charge of guarding Abraham Lincoln in Ford’s Theater left his post to go drinking… at the same bar where John Wilkes Booth was building up the courage to shoot the President.
nR89 TIL that each Planet Fitness has a “lunk alarm” that is used to shame weightlifters who grunt loudly or drop weights. Some bodybuilders have described their policies as “discriminatory.”
e0M4k TIL there's a village in England called Fingringhoe.
BrB1D TIL the legendary cyclist Marco Pantani, with a resting heart rate of 34 BPM, had to wake up in the night and cycle on a stationary bike to make sure his heart rate didn't drop too low and cause a heart attack.
XEMaX TIL Kaiser Wilhelm once spanked Ferdinand I of Bulgaria, his cousin, while the Tsar was looking out a window. Because Wilhelm refused to apologize, the Tsar awarded a major arms contract to France instead of Germany.