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TIL the diamond shaped patch often found on backpacks were originally used to carry ice axes

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8araG TIL that alcohol content is referred to as "proof" because it was originally lit on fire to prove its alcohol content so it could be taxed at a higher rate for the government.
WkNWN TIL George Clooney once gave 14 of his closest friends each $1M in cash, and even paid the taxes on it for them - with one condition: they all had to take it or none of them got it.
yQMop TIL the tale generally considered to be the first detective story is Edgar Allan Poe's, "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," in 1841. The story describes the extraordinary analytical power used by Monsieur C. Auguste Dupin to solve a series of murders in Paris.
rN9No TIL that President Andrew Jackson bested Charles Dickinson in a duel after he had insulted his wife. He was shot first in the duel, but won, and the bullet could not be safely removed afterward for 40 years.
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