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TIL Abraham Lincoln was unpopular among both the north and the south before he died.

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yV8wV TIL that Dracula was heavily inspired by Henry Irving, Bram Stoker’s employer. Stoker was close friends with Irving, who was described by others as “a self-absorbed and profoundly manipulative man.”
YpYQP TIL oilman Charles Hipp owned a beloved pet lion named Blondie in the 50s. He even tried to register her in a children's fishing tournament one year.
J9MB TIL whale songs sound just like bird songs when sped up
PYpNG TIL The pike with cars impaled on it (as seen in the Bohemian Rhapsody scene in Wayne's World) was a controversial art installation titled Spindle. It was demolished in 2008.
reVy TIL that the actress playing the T1000 as it imitates Sarah Conner near the end of Terminator 2. Leslie Hamilton , Linda’s Hamilton’s real life twin sister.