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TIL that state-run Chinese newspapers have fallen multiple times for the Onion, believing in the Onion’s satirical articles and quoting it as a credible source.

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Lko0 TIL In August, 1864 President Lincoln lost his hat when his horse was startled by a loud noise. The hat was recovered later with a “bullet hole through the crown.” The loud noise had been an assassination attempt by an unknown sniper.
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4XA6N TIL The title of "World's Greatest Athlete" has been given to the person who wins the decathlon. This began when King Gustav V of Sweden told Jim Thorpe, "You, sir, are the world's greatest athlete" after Thorpe won the decathlon at the Stockholm Olympics in 1912.