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TIL Abraham Lincoln once told a speech so powerful and intriguing that all the reporters simply forgot to take notes and the contents of Lincoln’s speech remains unknown.

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ADmw TIL: Americans are 8 times more likely to be killed by a police officer than by a terrorist.
oGXY TIL The term Young Turk is slang for a rebellious youth who acts contrary to what is deemed normal by society
pKpG TIL of George Stinney, the youngest person ever executed in America, at 14. He was wrongly charged for murder after finding the bodies of two white girls in South Carolina.
X0n4X TIL About 95% of firefighters in the United States are men
OoKga TIL Diogenes syndrome, also known as senile squalor syndrome, is a disorder characterized by extreme self-neglect. The name derives from Diogenes of Sinope, an ancient Greek philosopher, a Cynic and an ultimate minimalist, who allegedly lived in a large jar in Athens.