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TIL Abraham Lincoln tried to buy the Mexican Island of Cozumel for the purpose of relocating freed American slaves in 1861.

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JYwwl TIL the original Alfalfa died by getting shot in the groin in an argument about lost dog reward money
N7L0J TIL more of the USS Nimitz UFO incident that the Pentagon declassified. The UFO hit speeds of 42,000 MPH and left the pilots "pretty weirded out". It also appears to show similarities to a second incident in 2014 with the USS Theodore Roosevelt.
0d9rN TIL The Stranglers hit single 'Golden Brown' peaked at #2 in the U.K. Lead singer Hugh Wilson said it could have been #1 if their bassist hadn't mentioned that it was about heroin. "I would have waited till it got to Number 1 and THEN said it," he commented.
Je4v TIL that Triple Crown winner American Pharoah has sex 3 times every day and his owners charge a $200,000 fee per impregnation, generating about $30,000,000 a year annually.
XN6R TIL Babylonians believed that an eclipse foretold the death of their ruler, leading them to use these predictions to put kingly protections in place. During the period of time that lunar or solar eclipses might strike, the king would be replaced with a substitute.