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TIL Robert Todd Lincoln was present at two Presidential assassinations, his father’s not one of them. He also had his life saved by the brother of John Wilkes Booth.

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L7xr TIL of Leslie Coffelt, who was killed defending Harry Truman from an assassination attempt. Shot by an assassin 4 times, Coffelt propped himself up against a guard booth and fired one shot, hitting the assassin in the head and killing him. Coffelt collapsed immediately and died four hours later.
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