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TIL that the Lincoln family is presumably extinct since the last known descendant died childless.

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4kn5o TIL that when Gallup conducted a survey in 1944 asking Americans "What do you think we should do with Japan after the war?" 13% favored "Killing off" all the Japanese, 33% thought it should be split up or destroyed while the rest favored either supervision or rehabilitation.
0wVvN TIL in 1869, George Hull hired people to make a stone statue of a man, bury it, then later pretend to discover an ancient giant. The hoax was so lucrative that P.T. Barnum offered $50,000. The owner declined. Barnum had a replica made and said he had the real giant and the owner had the fake.
4XXQN You know, just in case
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