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TIL that The Dead Zone, in which Christopher Walken, the clairvoyant protagonist, attempts and fails to assassinate a presidential candidate with a rifle at a campaign rally, was written by Stephen King.

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gMbgD TIL Jim Jones was an American psychopathic cult leader so charismatic and persuasive that he was able to convince people to assassinate a congressman, an NBC TV crew, and his own 1,222 followers to commit suicide
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Z8L9B TIL that the United States held a Presidential election in 1864 during the American civil war
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