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TIL, Billy Joel does not sell tickets for the first row of his concerts. He has his road crew grab fans from the worst seats and moves them there.

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5YPJn TIL that after moving to Springfield, Illinois, Abraham Lincoln and his best friend Jonathan Speed shared a bed for four years. Later, during the Civil War, Lincoln shared a bed with his bodyguard David Derickson any time Mary Todd Lincoln was absent from the White House.
grnNA TIL in 1795 Samuel Adams and Paul Revere buried a time capsule in the cornerstone of the Massachusetts State House. It was discovered in 1855 added to and reburied, in 2014 it was rediscovered added to and buried again.
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