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TIL Abraham Lincoln was an active wrestler and became county wrestling champion at the age of 21.

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vGw4 TIL That African Time is a real thing. Instead of being a Time Zone, it is a perceived cultural tendency, in most parts of Africa, toward a more relaxed attitude to time.
jmev TIL that in Japan, where “lifetime employment” contracts with large companies are widespread, employees who can’t be made redundant may be assigned tedious, meaningless work in a “banishment room” until they get bored enough to resign.
QNNpL TIL the first and last Australian torchbearers for the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games were Nova Peris & Cathy Freeman, who are both Aboriginal women, both Olympic gold medalists, both holders of the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) and were both previously awarded Young Australian of the Year.
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