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TIL in the 1863 New York City Draft Riots, a mob that was going to loot the New York Times' building was held back by NYTimes staff manning Gatling guns, including the paper's founder

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pQ6O TIL Louis Armstrong asked Richard Nixon to carry his bags through customs for him because he ‘was an old man’. The bags had marijuana in them.
D170e TIL Some organisms besides humans have passed the mirror test which scientists say suggests they have "self-awareness".
8eax8 TIL that up until 1857, the United States produced and minted "half-cent" coins, the lowest value coin minted ever in the US.
0dLy TIL the Black Death still exists, and there are roughly 10 - 15 reported cases each year in the US
6WBJ TIL that the age of consent in Japan is only 13 years old.