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TIL the early Republican party had a paramilitary organization called "Wide Awakes" who marched for the election of Abe Lincoln, protect Republican party meetings, and equal rights between blacks and whites.

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5VK4R TIL the O2 arena in Greenwich has 12 giant pillars jutting out of the roof to represent the 12 hours on a clock face, and the 12 months of the year. It also has a 365-meter diameter to represent the days in the year, and a 52-meter height to represent the weeks in a year.
Br5RW TIL in 1935, singing cowboy Gene Autry released a Western film in which he is kidnapped by an ancient underground civilization with robots and television.
9w5vG TIL: Iraq's GDP is $284 Billion
kOkEe TIL that treason is the only crime defined in the United States Constitution, but it is almost never prosecuted.
wLO16 TIL: In 2010 the Polish President and many important government officials were killed when their plane crashed inside Russia.