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TIL that Hard Rock Cafe has been owned by the Seminole Tribe of Florida since 2007

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YpwBv TIL there is enough gold to cover the entire Earth by 13 inches. However, most of the gold is in Earth's core.
XEwjk TIL President Harry S. Truman was not given a middle name, only the initial S. The S honors his grandfathers, Anderson Shipp Truman and Solomon Young. There is controversy over whether or not the period after the S should be included, although Truman's own letters suggest he regularly used a period.
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