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TIL the last successful Fair catch kick in the NFL was in 1976
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TIL that modern manufacturing has made it nearly impossible to spot a fake Rolex.
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TIL that after moving to Springfield, Illinois, Abraham Lincoln and his best friend Jonathan Speed shared a bed for four years. Later, during the Civil War, Lincoln shared a bed with his bodyguard David Derickson any time Mary Todd Lincoln was absent from the White House.
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TIL that Charlie Chaplin considered pulling the plug on his movie “The Great Dictator” because he was worried that it might be banned or that people might not find mocking Hitler funny. When he heard about this, FDR sent Chaplin a message, urging him to make the movie.
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TIL between 1929 and 1932 Ford went from selling 1,507,132 cars in a year to selling just 210,824 of them.
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TIL that the Gurkhas, elite soldiers from Nepal, have been serving in the British Army since 1815, known for their bravery and loyalty, and were described as "braver than the bravest" by British generals.