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TIL that in 1861, Abraham Lincoln became an honorary citizen of San Marino.

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wLZM7 TIL that during World War 1, the Germans disguised one of their ships as a British ship, the RMS Carmania, and sent it out to ambush British vessels. In a hilariously bad stroke of luck, the first ship it encountered was the real RMS Carmania, which promptly sank them.
GaD7 TIL that the Soviet Union cancelled history exams in 1988 because increased government transparency had revealed that the textbooks were filled with lies
mxK8o TIL: That adopted children of homosexual parents are significantly more likely to have non-hetero sexuality types, indicating that sexuality is not always determined by genes and is a trait that can be taught, influenced, or acquired.
GjRE TIL that May 22, 2010 someone paid 10.000 bitcoin for a pizza, which is now worth more than 17 million dollars
8a994 TIL the U.S. Army lieutenant colonel Alexander Vindman's family fled to the United States from Kyiv, Ukraine in December 1979 with only suitcases and $750. His mother had recently passed away in Kyiv and they were hopeful of a better life in America.