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TIL that Abraham Lincoln was a big fan of John Wilkes Booth

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Envp TIL that in 1899 a bolt of lightning killed a man as he stood in his backyard in taranto, italy thirty years later his son was killed in the same way and in the place. On October 8, 1949 Rolla primarda, the grandson of the first victim and the son of the second, became the third
R7l6Q TIL in 1978 British explorer Tim Severin proved it was possible for a 6th century Irish boat clad in leather to make the journey across the Atlantic from Ireland to North America. This was done to test if St. Brendan the Navigators described journey across the Atlantic was possible at the time.
8RYZ TIL in 1994 the Surgeon General was fired for advocating drug legalization and masturbation (being part of human sexuality)
BrXWx TIL Humans have a stronger bite than the common snapping turtle
9wLLX TIL In 2000, three Scottish sisters took out a 1 million pound insurance policy in the event one of them immaculately conceived the second coming of Christ. They paid £100 a year until 2006 when the insurance company canceled the policy.