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TIL Abraham Lincoln is in the National Wrestling Hall of Fame, having had only one recorded defeat in a dozen years.

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6RNJ TIL: That the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami which occurred 10 years ago today is the biggest national tragedy in Sweden’s modern history even though it occurred in Asia. They lost more citizens (543) than any other western country.
nWBDB TIL Light travels at a constant speed of 1,079,252,848.8 (1.07 billion) km per hour. That works out to 299,792,458 m/s, or about 670,616,629 mph (miles per hour)
pYxQZ TIL In 2008, a riot occurred during a football/soccer match in Democratic Republic of the Congo after one player was accused of using witchcraft.
NOaP TIL that in a tragic twist of irony, Karl Marx’s grave has an entry fee to view
d8Z5E TIL that modern computing can be traced back to fabric making on looms in the early 1800's. Punchcards were used to programmatically weave patterns. Named after their founder, Jacquard Loom cards helped inspire Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine and early IBM computing.