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TIL Friends Thomas Cook and Joseph Feeney shook hands in 1992, swearing if either one won the Powerball jackpot, they would split the winnings. Well the power of friendship and a handshake has paid off: 28 years later Tom won €22 million and split the winnings with his friend.

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woeYM TIL that Joseph Smith, the founder of Mormonism, was the first U.S. presidential candidate to be assassinated