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TIl the first page of the Gettysburg Address was written in Washington, in ink and on official stationery. The second page was written in Gettysburg, in pencil on a piece of that happened to be at hand.

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4XD1a TIL about Sir Nils Olav III, a chief-in-command of the Norwegian King's Guard, and is also a penguin.
OoR1e TIL wild wolf packs are actually families. Alpha and beta behaviours were only seen in captivity. The 13 year study of wild wolf packs in Alaska has also shown young adults often return with their own families and reintegrate.
X0e6j TIL that scientists in Japan over a decade ago created an odor recorder that could analyze, store, and reproduce smells.
GYOBQ TIL that the Taipan, an extremely venomous Australian snake, wasnt caught alive until 1950, and the person who caught it was killed by the snake nonetheless.
dDX5r TIL That Taylor Swift’s merchandise was banned in China for saying “T.S. 1989” because the government was afraid that people would associate it with the Tienanmen Square massacre that occurred in 1989. However, it was then unbanned because the government didn’t want people questioning it.