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TIL Abraham Lincoln is enshrined in the Wrestling Hall of Fame.

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X06Ej TIL that white asbestos (chrysotile) was used as fake snow in many old Hollywood movies, including The Wizard of Oz.
MeE6W TIL when UCSD becomes a D1 school in the NCAA, students will have to pay an additional $480 per year fee to the university in order to pay for the additional expenses from college sports
AD9Gg TIL an elderly man gained the trust of a Belgian bank by bringing the workers chocolates. He was eventually given VIP access to the bank vault. In 2007, he stole $28 million worth of diamonds and vanished.
MeYnB TIL that the northernmost Grain Silo in Canada is in northern Alberta and only 200 km from the border from the Northwest Territories.
8eJnP TIL Jim Carey spoke to someone who trained operatives at the CIA who was an expert on resisting torture since Carey was forced to sit in makeup chairs for hours everyday while they applied the Grinch makeup and prosthetics on him for the movie.