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TIL Abraham Lincoln is in the wrestling hall of fame? The 6'4" president had only one loss among his around 300 contests. He earned a reputation for this in New Salem, Illinois, as an elite fighter.

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9w04m TIL tater tots were invented in 1953 by Nephi and Golden Grigg, as a way to utilize leftover potato scraps. Initially, consumers viewed them as too cheap and low-quality. After the Griggs simply raised the price, tater tots gained in popularity and became a sought after snack across America.
P1KYO TIL that Linear A, the writing system used by the Minoans of Crete, still hasn't been deciphered.
xmmk TIL Rolling Stone journalist Michael Hastings died in a fiery car accident that resembled a ‘car cyber attack.’ Before he died, Hastings said that he was “onto a big story”, that he needed to “go off the radar”, and that the FBI might interview him.
loro5 TIL fast food restaurants frequently use Columbus Ohio to test out new products because the demographics of the city closely resemble those of the country as a whole
vP5gx TIL of the Asiatic Vespers, in which king Mithridates VI of Pontus ordered all cities in Asia Minor (today's Turkey) to kill all inhabitants of Roman or Italian origin (around 80,000) on a predetermined day.