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TIL Abraham Lincoln was a wrestler when he was young and lost just 1 match out of the 300 total that he competed in

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EGjw TIL that the Andromeda galaxy is larger than the moon in the sky, but it is usually too dim to see.
vBRR TIL of Mexican singer Chalino Sánchez failed assassination attempt on. In 1992 while he was performing at a club, a patron came up to the stage, pulled a gun, and shot Sánchez in the side. Sánchez immediately pulled a gun of his own and returned fire, the would-be killer was shot to death.
N7a4E TIL that the 14th Dalai Lama has a collection of more than 15 watches, among them a Patek Phillipe Ref. 658 - one of only 15 made - which was sent by US President Frank D. Roosevelt and is still functional, a Rolex Datejust made of gold and stainless steel, and a Rolex Day-Date made of yellow gold
ADKEl TIL if you run out of bandages, know that you could—but probably wouldn't want to—reach for the cobwebs in your basement as an alternative. Cobwebs actually have natural antiseptic and anti-fungal properties, and were used in ancient Greece and Rome by physicians to make bandages.
a8mrL TIL about Radio Télévision Libre des Mille Collines, a radio station in Rwanda during the Rwandan Genocide that would play dance music and encourage listeners to kill Tutsi