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TIL The National Archives sells a replica of the Resolute desk for $8000.

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X0Ll8 Today I learned that a boy named Jerry Parr was inspired to join the US Secret Service after watching the movie "Code of the Secret Service", in which Ronald Reagan plays a Service agent. Parr grew up to join the Service and save Reagan, then the US President, from being assassinated.
Lpa9 TIL a grown man once hunted down and attacked a child who had killed him several times in Call Of Duty.
wLG8E TIL that a sailor, Gonzalo Guerrero, shipwrecked in the Yucatan years before Cortez began his conquest of Mexico. He eventually became a respected warrior among the Mayans and even led military campaigns. On his suggestion, native tribes ambushed and crushed Spains first expedition into Mexico.
e0oR6 TIL Kit Kats in Japan are associated with the phrase Kitto Katsu (きっと勝つ), translated as "You will surely win", and thus a good luck charm for students
vvG8 TIL American taxpayers spent $32b in 2011 on companies that operate for-profit colleges, but most students leave without a degree, half of those within four months. There is reported “exorbitant tuition, aggressive recruiting practices, and taxpayer dollars spent on marketing and pocketed as profit”