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TIL that two other people were planned to be assassinated the night Abraham Lincoln was. One of them was Lincoln's Vice President Andrew Johnson. The man assigned to kill him instead got drunk instead and couldn't work up the nerve to do it.

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NXx4M TIL that Playing Super Mario 64 can boost memory. In a 2022 study, participants were split into 3 groups: one played the game, another took piano lessons, and the last did nothing. Those who played Mario showed improved short-term memory and increased grey matter in the cerebellum and hippocampus.
LkRjV TIL that there are creatures called Tardigrades that can survive the end of humanity and live in outer space for over a week with no oxygen, and also these things can survive in temperatures of over -350 degrees Fahrenheit.
R5w99 TIL in 2021, an advisory was issued in Rawalpindi, Pakistan for motorcyclists to install a flexible safety antenna that would connect to the mudguard or handlebar of the motorcycle, arch over the rider, and connect to the rear, in order to prevent death or injury from glass-laced kite strings.
45JR TIL radiocarbon dating will no longer work independently on fossils and artifacts post-WW2 due to residual radiation resulting nuclear arms testing. Future archeologists will not be able to date our remains using only carbon dating.
kORAd TIL notorious gangster Al Capone had the mental age of a 12 year old at the time of his death and the years prior to his death, despite being 48 years old. This was caused by mental illness due to untreated neurosyphilis.