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TIL that in The Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, there is an ATM that dispenses gold bars

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9Yker TIL Abraham Lincoln was inducted to the National Wrestling Hall of Fame as an honoree for an Outstanding American award in 1992. His wrestling skills were well known during his life, having only one recorded loss in a dozen years. He even beat the New Salem county champion when he was 29 years old.
woEg6 TIL Ancient Egypt may have had the first health-care plan in the world
Lk1Dp TIL that Keanu Reeves runs a private charitable foundation to fund cancer research and children’s hospitals. In 2009, he told Ladies Home Journal: "I don’t like to attach my name to it, I just let the foundation do what it does."
GAxvG TIL Cuckolding is a sexual fetish or fantasy where an individual derives sexual pleasure or arousal from watching their partner engage in sexual activity with another person.
vPEVD TIL that planthoppers are the first animals found to possess a biological form of mechanical gears, used for precise jumping. Found only in nymphs, these interlocking gears synchronize their hind legs, allowing for straight jumps at an acceleration of nearly 400g in two milliseconds.