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TIL 71% of firefighters are volunteers.
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TIL of the Golden Gate Bridge Bolt, a concept for a roller coaster that would scale the Golden Gate Bridge at a height of over 700 feet and a top speed of over 200 miles an hour. City officials rejected this concept in fear of drivers being too distracted by the coaster.
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TIL The man who played McGruff the crime dog was sentenced to 16 years in jail for drugs
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TIL of Redoshi, a woman believed to have been the last survivor of the transatlantic slave trade. She was captured in 1860 in West Africa at age 12 and worked on a plantation in Alabama. She died in 1937 and lived long enough to become acquainted with people active in the civil rights movement.
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TIL that American serial killer Joseph Christopher AKA The .22-Caliber Killer tried to admit himself to the Buffalo Psychiatric Center the same month he began his “killing spree” and was denied entry and recommended counseling therapy instead
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TIL In 1856, Abraham Lincoln gave a speech that was so engaging, captivating, and impassioned, that the reporters completely forgot to take notes of what was being said. To this day, no one truly knows the content of ‘Lincoln’s Lost Speech.’