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TIL that a gherkin is a pickled baby cucumber

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N7wae TIL the United States Secret Service was founded to investigate and combat counterfeit U.S. currency. Only after the assassination of McKinley in 1901 was it tasked with protecting the President.
XdGD TIL a die hard football fan ran onto the field during a game and was sentenced to serve his jail time during the Super Bowl. He was also ordered not to watch or listen to the game.
85KP TIL that after the US fought Britain, president George Washington vowed never to set foot in London again , so when Virginia gifted a statue of the president to Britain, they also included soil from Virginia to place under the statue.