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TIL Robert Todd Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln's son, was in close proximity to three out of four presidential assassinations.

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wLjN1 TIL a rodent that was said to have been extinct for 114 years showed up on the handrail at the front porch of a lodge in Columbia. It let researchers photograph it for two hours and then disappeared into the night and was never seen again.
VBRQD TIL in 2015, the NBA Warriors new team nutritionist Lachlan Penfold banned peanut butter & jelly sandwiches due to their high sugar content. Despite reeling off 24 straight wins to start the season, the team revolted against the PB&J ban and Penfold only last one season on the Warriors.
VMrv0 TIL about Pontiac’s War, the most successful First Nation resistance against European invasion in North America. It resulted in British Reforms to maintain a strong and expensive army presence and consequently tax the colonies to fund the army, which led the way for the American Revolution.
rRZ8d TIL about zombie taxa. A zombie taxon is a fossil specimen that somehow gets washed out and re-deposited into much younger rock, making it seem like the animal was walking around long after it had gone extinct.
699Wm TIL in 2019, adult film industry star Kimberlee Anne asked her boyfriend to point a loaded gun towards her for “sexual gratification and arousal” while they were having sex. When he held it to her chest he accidentally pulled the trigger and the gun went off. She died later in hospital.