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TIL that in 500 million years there will be no more total eclipses due to the fact that the moon is drifting farther away

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kKRd TIL A few days before delivering the Gettysburg Address, Lincoln saw John Wilkes Booth perform as a villain in a play at Ford’s Theatre. Someone told Lincoln, “He almost seems to be reciting these lines to you.” To which Lincoln replied, “He does talk very sharp at me, doesn’t he?”
M74Z0 TIL that the US State Department recommends drafting a will if you plan to travel to Somalia.
4X1pb TIL that MI5 and MI6 were just two of at least 19 sections of UK Military Intelligence that were set up in WWI, and are the only ones left active that haven't been merged or shutdown.
xVlJ5 TIL the people around Siberia's Lake Baikal have a system for extracting submerged vehicles that have fallen through the ice, without using heavy machinery.
nerpW TIL France lost more soldiers in WW1 than the US has in its entire military history