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TIL that Abraham Lincoln is enshrined in the Wrestling Hall of Fame.

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rNXRy TIL of "West Ridge", a merchant vessel carrying coal from the UK to India that went missing 141 years ago. The wreck was found when researchers were looking for MH370, to which researchers say it sunk because of an explosion.
1a5MW TIL more than half of all new PhDs in the US are fake
mxWkR TIL Brussels Sprouts, Cabbage, Kale, Broccoli, Cauliflour, and Kohlrabi are all selectively bred varieties of the same plant. They were each developed from the wild mustard plant.
NXwo6 TIL that Abraham Lincoln was a big fan of John Wilkes Booth
j68gE TIL that in 2006, a man named Gregory W. Nemitz legally claimed ownership of asteroid 433 Eros and sent NASA a $20 parking ticket for landing the NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft on "his" property.