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TIL that a man who witnessed the Lincoln assassination as a small child actually made a live appearance on television. He died two months after it was filmed.

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Ad8B TIL that the 1800 election for the US President was an exact tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr, so the vote went to the House of Representatives. The House voted 35 times, all of them ties, until Jefferson won on the 36th vote.
01lv TIL Starbucks was to be called Pequod, after a whaling ship from Moby-Dick, but this name was rejected by some of the co-founders. The company was instead named after the chief mate on the Pequod, Starbuck.
KLa4 TIL of a thousand year old rosebush in Hildesheim Germany. It even survived world war two, despite the fact that the church it grows next to was destroyed by allied bombers.
MegaK TIL that the keyboard player on Tom Jones' "It's Not Unusual" was a (pre-fame) Elton John! The guitarist? Jimmy Page!
R7gX4 TIL when a North Korean merchant vessel was attacked by Somali pirates, an American destroyer came to their aid. This event led to rare pro US statements from the North Korean media.