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TIL the Illinois Tollroads were originally intended to collect tolls until the bonds to construct them were paid off. The Tollroads were constructed in 1953

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YrdP TIL “Mary” of Mary Had A Little Lamb was an 83-year-old teacher named Mary F. Sawyer, who brought her pet lamb to the school she taught at around the time of the Battle of Waterloo
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