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TIL that since before The Civil War no Democrat has been elected President to replace an outgoing Democrat President.

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WkEMB TIL details from the plot of 1996 Nicolas Cage thriller The Rock was used by an intelligence agent to fabricate evidence for false WMD intelligence and aided in the case for the invasion of Iraq in 2003.
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95PQ TIL that St Basil’s Cathedral, the famous colorful church in Moscow, was barely saved from destruction under Stalin. Every city planner and architect hired refused to cooperate in the demolition process, and some even served time in the Gulag for so adamantly protecting the church.
awlnA TIL of John Mosbys Sack, a lost treasure buried in rural Virgina. In 1863 Confederate Colonel Mosby and his men snuck into the Fairfax VA county courthouse and got away with $350,000 in gold silver jewelry and heirlooms. He buried the sack between 2 large trees after the raid where it remains hidden
woZ01 TIL that Canada and the United States both used to use white lines to divide the two directions of traffic.