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TIL that Maya cities had high levels of mercury, which may have led to their abandonment.

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9YDgM TIL of Smoky, a Yorkshire terrier who helped save the lives of 250 soldiers in 1944
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xVD90 TIL That Lincoln was almost assassinated 9 months before he was assassinated. While riding back to the Soliders' Home, a rifle fired hitting his hat. His horse was startled and ran "break-neck speed" as the President described it. Lincoln dismissed it as a hunting accident.
rRZae TIL the actor Vincent Price was a gourmet cook and once demonstrated how to poach a fish in a dishwasher on The Tonight Show.
xaa0 TIL that in the German version of Die Hard, all the terrorists are given English names.