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

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x6BEw TIL the Pentagon used to route all data wires through one wall so 9/11 could've been so much worse
graPL TIL that there was a six-episode anime adaptation of Robert Heinlein's novel Starship Troopers
1aEOD TIL that in in Zimbabwe, inflation had risen so high in 2008 that ATMs for one major bank gave a "data overflow error" and stopped customers' attempt to withdraw money because it had too many zeroes
QJv7X TIL from 1979 to 1992, Soviets drilled a super deep bore (Kola Superdeep Borehole) that reached 40,230 ft, just to see how deep they could drill.
VM6OZ TIL there are competitions all aroun the world to grow the largest and heaviest pumpkin, with the current record being over a ton.