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TIL the first text message was “Merry Christmas!”

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6Eynl TIL James Parkinson, the man who Parkinson's disease was named for, was implicated in a plot to assassinate King George III
D6yD TIL President Carter’s son and Willie Nelson got high together on the roof of the White House.
rN5Gd TIL that the foods "spotted dick" and "cockles" are an actual part of British cuisine.
1aZ7P TIL about the Paradox of tolerance. It states that if a society is tolerant without limit, its ability to be tolerant is eventually destroyed by the intolerant.In order to maintain a tolerant society, the society must be intolerant of intolerance
VBYX0 TIL when Christopher Columbus landed in Lisbon after his first voyage, Portuguese authorities demanded a report of his travels. Columbus refused and sent a letter full of misinformation to the king of Spain so that Portugal wouldn't get a headstart on invading the Americas if it was intercepted.