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TIL The Mystery of Marie Roget by Edgar Allan Poe in 1842 is widely considered the first story based on a true crime. The murder of Mary Cecelia Rogers in NYC is the basis of the Paris based story.

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RKG9 TIL that Abraham Lincoln created the secret service just hours before he was assassinated.
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