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TIL that Abraham Lincoln founded the US Secret Service hours before being assassinated

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0wEOL TIL the expression "Oh the humanity!!" is a quote from the news reporter Herbert Morrison while describing the Hindenburg disaster in real time.
koke TIL that in a scene in Saving Private Ryan two “German” soldiers who are shot trying to surrender were speaking Czech. They were saying, “Please don’t shoot me, I am not German, I am Czech, I didn’t kill anyone, I am Czech!”
awgZJ TIL in 2014, to protest Black Friday, Cards against Humanity only sold boxes labeled "Bullshit" to Black Friday shoppers for 6 dollars each. The boxes contained actual bull feces and some dug through it looking for a new card but found nothing but feces. The profits were donated to charity.
LG6v TIL that Russell Brand was eligible to receive half of Katy Perry’s millions but declined.
x6VbD TIL The Yangtze River is the 3rd longest river but the longest with a watershed in only one country. TIL#2: A few tributaries of the Missouri River start in Canada