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TIL that former 16th POTUS Abraham Lincoln was inducted into the Wrestling Hall of Fame with a record of 300+ wins and only 1 loss over a decade's time during his youth.

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EJeV TIL Usain Bolt has never won a bronze medal in major competition. He has 16 golds and two silvers to his name.
nRer TIL a railroad tunnel in the Canadian Rockies is so straight that one can see daylight from the other end over 5 miles away
9wOYG TIL Abraham Lincoln grew his famous beard because a 7 year old girl told him "All the ladies like whiskers"
oR9D7 TIL the 16th century philosopher Michel de Montaigne was raised in an experiment by his parents to learn Latin as a first language. From birth, his tutor, servants and parents were only ever allowed to speak to him in Latin.
X0PJr TIL that Tony Bennett, the great jazz/pop singer, was also a successful artist (and his paintings are amazing). His painting of Ella Fitzgerald is in the Smithsonian. How did I not know this before?