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TIL The first Democrat governor of Wyoming wore a pair of shoes made of human skin to his inaugural ball.
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TIL that before John Adams died at the age of 90, his last words were “Thomas Jefferson still survives.” But Thomas Jefferson had died 5 hours before him at the age of 82, on July 4, 1826.
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TIL of Joe Petrosino - badge #285 - the NYPD's first Italian police officer. He created the first anti-mafia unit and tipped off the Secret Service about McKinley's assassination, but they didn't act on it.
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TIL that depression can be a symptom of untreated or poorly-managed ADHD. Chronic under-stimulation can lead to depression as "the ADHD nervous system feeds on interest and challenge".
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TIL In 1834, Francois and Joseph Blanc bribed an optical semaphore operator to transmit stock market updates to them in advance of regular news. The scheme went on for two years before being discovered.