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TIL as Collector of the New York Customs House, Chester A Arthur earned more than the president by receiving a percentage of fines through the old moiety system.

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PgGw TIL at the start of the Civil War, General Robert E. Lee said “I look upon secession as anarchy…but how can I draw my sword upon Virginia, my native State?”
jNNYa Lassie, stare deeply into my eyes.
6l78 TIL the community of LexPark in Lexington, Kentucky has instated an annual “Food for Fines” program - a month long food drive that allows people to at least partially pay their parking tickets in canned food, which is then donated directly to area food banks that help feed the needy
kJl77 TIL South Koreans worked in the Kaesŏng Industrial Region, a special administrative region in North Korea, from 2004 to 2016
1aaV8 TIL In 2008, a British 19-year-old officially changed his name to "Captain Fantastic Faster Than Superman Spiderman Batman Wolverine Hulk And The Flash Combined."