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

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ynew TIL A Japanese farmer discovered a gold seal while repairing an irrigation ditch in 1784. The seal turned out to be 95% pure gold and was a gift from the Chinese Emperor to a Japanese envoy from 54 CE, the earliest recorded date of contact between the two countries
WklZX TIL until 1971, the Government of Canada assigned all Inuit people a number in lieu of a surname, and issued each a leather disc with the number that had to be carried at all times or sewn into clothing
97YB TIL that the entire staff of Australian radio station Triple J went on strike to protest the censoring of the N.W.A song ‘Fuck tha Police". As one final protest before they left they put N.W.A’s 'Express Yourself’ on repeat. It played for 24 hours straight.
VB7kk TIL there are more variants of the English language then just American English, British English, etc. These include South Atlantic English, which is an English variant from St Helena and Tristan da Cunha, as well as Antarctic English.
BrEPb TIL research reveals slow left lane drivers are spiking accident rates. Slowing down and changing lanes multiple times can be far more dangerous than speeding, causing almost 10 percent of highway accidents. Some drivers are misguided in believing they are keeping people safer by slowing traffic