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TIL that Sylvester Stallone kept the two turtles, “Cuff” and “Link” from the 1976 movie Rocky, and they are still alive today at 44.

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NkLM TIL on May 19, 1713, two hundred citizens rioted on the Boston Common due to a food shortage in the city. They later attacked the ships and warehouses of wealthy merchant Andrew Belcher, who was exporting grain to the Caribbean for higher profits. The lieutenant governor was shot during the riot.
Pgwn TIL that a $500, $1,000, $5,000, and $10,000 were once printed in the US and that the $10,000 bill had a U.S. Chief Justice on it not a president.
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