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TIL that up to 80% of the USA's cash carries detectable amounts of cocaine

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5YPJn TIL that after moving to Springfield, Illinois, Abraham Lincoln and his best friend Jonathan Speed shared a bed for four years. Later, during the Civil War, Lincoln shared a bed with his bodyguard David Derickson any time Mary Todd Lincoln was absent from the White House.
vPLBD TIL the salary for Privates before the US entered WWII was only $0.70 per day ($15 in 2024)
Rlaa TIL Some people do not have wisdom teeth because of a random mutation that occurred thousands of years ago.
4XOeo TIL that the creators/directors/writers for Parks and Rec, Bob’s Burgers, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Silicon Valley, Modern Family, The Good Place, American Dad, and Rick and Morty all got their big breaks on King of the Hill
4eb5 TIL it took Louis XVI seven years to get Marie Antoinette pregnant because he had no idea how to have sex. His brother in law said “he introduces the member, stays there for about two minutes, withdraws without ejaculating”