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TIL Abraham Lincoln was a licensed bartender. He was the part owner of a saloon in Springfield, Illinois, called Berry and Lincoln.

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oRdoo TIL a human skin lampshade was found in one of the houses in the Nazi SS soldier accomodation of the Buchenwald concentration camp. A speciality of the SS in Buchenwald was the production of macabre “gifts” made of human remains
Wk4vB TIL that in 1995 NASA updated an original study by Peter N Witt on the effects of various drugs on spiders and found similar results.
RxOa TIL There is a 100 year old cheesery up for grabs to a worthy apprentice in Canada. 80 yr old Monk is seeking an heir to pass on this special age old tradition of cheese making.
78y6p TIL Inspired by her father’s inability to read and write Dolly Parton started her Imagination Library in 1995 for the children within her home county. Today, her program spans five countries and gifts over 2 million free books each month to children around the world.
GemN TIL that chinese prisoners were forced to farm gold in WoW which then would get sold for real money on the internet.