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TIL that in 1897 the mayor of Seattle quit office to start a boat business and transport gold miners from San Fransisco to Canada

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4kgBR TIL The first joke book was published in 1470 by Poggio Bracciolini, and is characterised by its defecation and scatalogical humour
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