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TIL Abraham Lincoln was an accomplished wrestler who competed in over 300 matches, only losing once. In recent times, he was honored by the National Wrestling Hall of Fame for his accomplishments.

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b60vE TIL: The first ski chairlift was developed in Omaha, Nebraska
ne0o TIL that a man was arrested at Best Buy and detained for hours, for trying to pay with $2 bills, because the store employees and cops mistakenly thought they were counterfeit.
KGmB TIL that George Lucas sold what would become Pixar to Steve Jobs for $5 million in 1979. When Disney bought Pixar, Jobs became the largest single shareholder of Disney. When Disney bought Lucasfilm of 2012, Lucas became the 2nd largest shareholder.
4XY7o TIL despite being the most famous member of Fleetwood Mac Stevie Nicks didn’t join until 8 years after the it was founded & was only invited because her boyfriend/songwriting partner Lindsey Buckingham refused to become the new guitarist unless they brought her onboard as a “package deal”
W9bX TIL that in 1899 the head of the U.S. Patent Office asked President McKinley to abolish it because “Everything that can be invented, has been invented.”