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TIL George Washington considered burning down all of NYC

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x6Pa1 TIL: that in 1676 a nun wrote a letter while claiming to be possessed by the devil.
kaAB TIL Tibor Rubin, a Holocaust Survivor, fought for the US in Korea. Once he held off an enemy assault for 24 hours alone. Later wounded and captured, he would risk certain death by stealing food from his captors and giving medical aid to his fellow prisoners, saving over 40 lives in the process.
7rNxZ TIL that Abraham Lincoln was clean shaven for almost his entire life. While running for President in 1860, an eleven-year-old girl wrote to him and said his face looked to thin and he needed to grow a beard. He took up her advice. After him, only two of the next eleven presidents lacked facial hair.
1a777 TIL Americans Spend More On Lottery Tickets Than On Movies, Video Games, Music, Sports Tix And Books Combined
nWoPP TIL the inventor of the "pop up" later apologized for his invention after seeing how his creation had been used for pop-up advertising