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TIL Big Ben is actually the name of the bell, not the tower itself, which is now called Elizabeth Tower.

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NXwX8 TIL Abraham Lincoln signed the legislation establishing the United States Secret Service just hours before he was assassinated
Bp7D TIL that in Tennessee a single felony drug conviction results in a lifetime ban from receiving food stamps. However, a person must defraud the food stamp program three times before they are banned for life and other felonies, such as murder, do not result in a lifetime ban from the program.
BrWZL TIL half of your brain stands guard when you sleep in a new place for the first time.
jn0M TIL that a mathematicisn named Danny Hillis built an analog computer that plays tic-tac-toe out of nothing but tinkertoys
QNyOL TIL that the Ghanaian Kingsley Ofosu is the only survivor of a massacre perpetrated by the crew of a cargo ship he and 8 other people stowed away on. He managed to hide for 3 days then flee to safety when the ship reached France, while the other stowaways were all murdered by the crew.