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TIL President Lincoln signed legislation creating the secret service hours before He was shot at Ford’s Theatre.

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MeNXa TIL John Wayne wore a toupee beginning in about 1948. Wayne felt more confident wearing his toupee and never denied it. He often joked saying "It's not phony, it's real hair. Of course, it's not mine, but it's real."
PYVNV TIL that "blackasses" is a slur used in Russia for people from the Caucasus.
Owb4 TIL The United States of America has existed for longer than the (original) Persian Empire did
JYLDm TIL Chobani began after Hamdi Ulukaya saw an ad for a Kraft yogurt plant that had closed and bought it through a small business loan. Today they operate the world's largest yogurt plant and workers have 10% ownership stake. For the first few years the 800 number on the label went straight to Hamdi.
VMOKp TIL the father of billionaire and Democratic presidential candidate Tom Steyer, Roy Henry Steyer, was a prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials