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TIL that in a ranking of 76 attributes defining what makes a Successful Life, the vast majority of Americans believe OTHERS think that "Fame" is the most important. In a poll of actual beliefs, "Fame" came in dead last out of 76.

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bBZE TIL in 1956 a man appeared on the popular TV show “I’ve Got A Secret” who had witnessed Abraham Lincoln’s assassination on April 14th, 1865
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