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TIL that a man who witnessed Lincoln’s assassination as a young boy lived long enough to be on a game show in 1956

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jNoNn TIL the original 3 Musketeer bars of the 1930's came in packs of three: one bar with vanilla nougat, one with chocolate nougat and one with strawberry nougat (hence the name "Three Musketeers"). WWII rations made the company reduce the three pack to just one bar with chocolate nougat.
OGPD7 TIL that fishermen in Belgium use horseback to catch shrimp.
kNLB TIL that in 1986, when a five year old boy fell into a gorilla enclosure and lost consciousness, a male gorilla named Jambo stood between the boy and the other gorillas in a protective gesture, he even stroke the boy’s back. This incident helped create a positive public perception of gorillas.
0dbPv TIL that claw machines are believed to have originated in the United States in the 1890s, when they were made to resemble the machines that built the Panama Canal.
wen6 TIL there is country that ranks lower than North Korea in the Press Freedom Index, which measures how much freedom journalists have. Eritrea surpassed North Korea as the bottom spot in 2007 and has held it since.