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TIL about Sherman Copy of the Declaration of Independence, which seems to indicate John Adams copied an original from someone with the initials "T.P." , suggesting Thomas Paine may have had a hand in drafting the Declaration of Independence. Paine was the author of Common Sense.

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47MJ TIL That if the United States makes it past June 2019 without a recession this would be the longest time in American history
5YEb9 TIL Nixon's infamous "I'm not a crook" press conference took place in Disney World, also making it the first time a sitting president visited the resort
KlD4 TIL that NYC’s water supply comes from two tunnels that have not been shut down for maintenance since 1917 and 1935. A third tunnel, being built to shut the other two down for repairs, has been under construction since 1970 and isn’t expected to be finished until 2020.
QNZke TIL of Hannie Schaft, a Dutch resistance fighter known as "the girl with the red hair" during WWII. She committed assassinations and sabotage but refused to kidnap a Nazi official's children. During her execution, she was shot and injured, challenging her killers by saying, "I shoot better."
Oo9p4 TIL of Joe Ekins, a Sherman Firefly gunner, who had never fired his gun in combat before, destroyed 3 Tiger tanks in 12 minutes.