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TIL Abraham Lincoln had an incredibly high-pitched voice that was described as shrill, sharp, and unpleasant.

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loW0B TIL that every dog nose is unique, just like a fingerprint.
4XQAN TIL in 1987, a concentration camp survivor was asked to identify an accused Nazi guard in court. He asked him to remove his glasses and approached him closely. When he made eye contact, the survivor recoiled and shouted "Grozny!" meaning "Terrible" in Polish, recognizing his "murderous eyes."
OokOX TIL in 2005 Greenpeace protesters managed to infiltrate a Range Rover Sport assembly facility and temporarily delay its production.
Me7eW TIL that Abraham Lincoln (yes, THE Abraham Lincoln, the president of the USA) was a wrestler in his youth and that he invented the chokeslam (the chokeslam is not mentioned in the article).
xVQ1b TIL the iconic, tall, long-armed Saguaro Cactus, which has become a symbol of the American West, only grows in one place. It's native to the Sonoran Desert, an area of land along the Arizona, California, and Mexico borders.