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41d6 TIL there was a plot to kill the Vice President and Secretary of State concurrently with the Lincoln assassination. The Secretary of State was stabbed in the face but lived, and the assailant who was to kill the Vice President got drunk instead.
7rxV7 TIL that there was a Soviet spy in Congress from 1923 to 1945. Congressman Samuel Dickstein of New York was a paid agent of the NKVD, the precursor to the KGB. While in Congress, Dickstein helped to establish an "un-American activities" committee, which he used to attack suspected communists.
OP9X TIL that the classic clown is a stereotype of Irish people (red hair, pale, red nose from excessive drinking)
GAYj7 TIL Neanderthals sailed the Mediterranean. Stone tools, of the kind made by Neanderthals, were found in areas that were known to be distant islands at the time.
W5W8 TIL The Damascus Four Seasons Hotel is still open with full services and describes Syria as an “extremely inviting year-round travel destination”