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TIL the founder of The North Face died of hypothermia

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QJvEM TIL that as a young man, Abe Lincoln was an accomplished wrestler who lost only one match out of 300. He is even enshrined in the wrestling hall of fame.
7rg8O TIL that the word "Nazi" is actually German slang for "backwards peasant", a term that existed before the Nazi party. We used it as an insulting abbreviation the their actual name, Nationalsozialistische. Hitler hated being called a Nazi. Also, the origins of a bunch of other terms.
grrp4 TIL That in 1848, some children born in the Louisiana state penitentiary were considered the property of the state, and auctioned off.
4k9LJ TIL a study found that 65 different animal species have their own form of “laughter" to express happiness with vocalizations that sound quite different than human laughter.
OGjZY TIL that controversial artist Banksy pre-built a paper shredder into his ‘Girl with Balloon’ painting frame, then activating it years later at the moment it sold for 1.4 million dollars. The onlookers at the auction could only watch in horror as the piece was shredded before their eyes.