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TIL Abraham Lincoln became the first historical figure to appear on a U.S. coin when pennies were redesigned in 1909, in honor of the former president's would-be 100th birthday.

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vPenj TIL of Jackass Annie Road. In 1954 doctors told "Jackass Annie" Wilkins (63) of Minot, Maine that she would soon die. Wanting to see California, she rode a horse there and back over 17 months. Wilkins wrote a book about her adventure and lived until 1980. Minot renamed a street after her.
dDeEK TIL about a "ghost boat" that disappeared in 2014 with 243 people aboard. No trace has ever been found.
rNGy4 TIL: Bananadine is a fictional chemical that was made up by the Berkeley Barb in 1967.
kgPE TIL a study found that drinking coffee may “undo” liver damage. Researchers analyzed data from nine previously published studies with a total of more than 430,000 participants and found that drinking two additional cups of coffee a day was linked to a 44% lower risk of developing liver cirrhosis
5omD TIL A man who would later become the president of Mormon church once declared, “We will never get a man into space. […] The moon is a superior planet to the earth and it was never intended that man should go there. You can write it down in your books that this will never happen”… in 1961.