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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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69VAW TIL about Birendra Mazumdar. He was a little-known Indian-British hero of the infamous Colditz Castle POW prison during World War II, who defied the Nazis. He was shunned and treated terribly by the British, facing racism and accusations of theft, corruption and treason when he escaped.
VM6P0 TIL that Paul Stanley of KISS was born with Microtia, a condition that leaves people with no ear(s); Paul has only his left ear and is deaf on his right side.
e0KvL TIL that GoBots were the first robot transforming toy of the 1980's, predating Transformers by a year.
b6vna TIL The pistol shrimp creates a bubble louder than a gunshot and when it bursts, it generates heat four times hotter than lava.
NbBe TIL An experiment on worms survived the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster and their descendents were flown to the space station in 2011 by Space Shuttle Endeavor.