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TIL there is a quarterly magazine called Delayed Gratification that covers the news of the previous three months.

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9eLM TIL that a New York woman was hospitalized after a bit of a dentists drill lodged near her eye. The dentist was dancing to “Car Wash” at the time. The patient later sued the dentist for $600k.
Lko0 TIL In August, 1864 President Lincoln lost his hat when his horse was startled by a loud noise. The hat was recovered later with a “bullet hole through the crown.” The loud noise had been an assassination attempt by an unknown sniper.
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