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TIL Ulysses S. Grant was pulled over for riding his horse and buggy too quickly. Realizing it was the president the officer apologized and offered to ignore the infraction, but Grant replied “I was speeding, you caught me and I’ll pay the ticket.” He was fined $5, which would have been $91 today.

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VjW8 TIL Woolworth’s (huge department store until the 1980’s) did not go out of business completely… it just got smaller and changed its name to Foot Locker
XEedE TIL Disney perpetuated the myth that lemmings commit suicide by importing lemmings, throwing them into a river, and letting them drown.
8anJ8 TIL the name ‘Britain’ comes from the Celtic word 'Pretani,' meaning the ‘painted’ or the ‘tattooed’ ones
pYEop TIL that a deformed cow born in 1522 became a propaganda piece in the Protestant Reformation.
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