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TIL that there are still more than 81,000 American service members missing from WWII, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Cold War, and the Gulf Wars/other conflicts

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mxx8p TIL of Richard Lawrence, who in 1835 attempted to assassinate President Andrew Jackson at a funeral using two pistols shot point blank. When both misfired, the President severely beat him with his cane, after which he was wrestled into submission by Davy Crockett.
4X5Ga TIL that in 1913 the first $20,000 of income was not federally taxed. That's $551,521.21 in July 2021 dollars.
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