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TIL that Abraham Lincoln did not trust himself to carry or be around knives because he feared he would spontaneously kill himself.

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xV5E5 TIL that the robbery of the Federal Reserve in Die Hard with a Vengeance is so plausible that the FBI actually questioned the screenwriter on how he had such intimate knowledge of the vaults.
mnOO TIL the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), much like the FBI, has its own list of most wanted fugitives.
dj8B TIL the only active ship in the US Navy that has sunk an enemy ship is the USS Constitution built in 1797
9r5m TIL Bill Gates once unleashed a swarm of mosquitoes into a crowd at a tech conference. Displaying the need to eradicate malaria, he explained to the crowd “there is no reason only poor people should be infected.”
mjJy TIL Johnny Depp always travels with his Jack Sparrow costume so he can randomly visit children’s hospitals dressed in character.