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TIL Marquis de Lafayette was buried in Paris with dirt from Bunker Hill battlefield

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NXXR8 TIL Saturday Night Live comedy stars Chris Farley and Kenan Thompson appeared together in an All That sketch in 1997, the same year that Farley died and six years before before Thompson joined SNL.
R9jj TIL Abraham Lincoln’s sole guard at Ford’s Theater on April 14, 1865 was an unreliable cop who walked to the saloon next door to get drunk during the fateful play. Ironically, John Wilkes Booth was at the same saloon working up courage before walking next door to assassinate the unguarded President.
yVj1J TIL while most people will sing 'Stayin' Alive' during CPR, you can also sing 'Highway to Hell' or 'Y.M.C.A' it will definitely give another vibe
GPlN TIL that Mississippi is one of only two states that do not allow for philosophical or religious exemptions for vaccinations.
4kK6N TIL 5 oil pipe workers were sucked into an oil pipe. One made it out and requested help for the others but no one did a thing.