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TIL John Wilkes Booth's (Lincoln's Assassin) plan was a simultaneous coordinated strike to kill the President, Vice President, & Secretary of State, causing succession chaos. Lincoln was killed, the Secretary of State severely injured, but the conspirator assigned to the Vice President chickened out

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xVpW1 TIL the Wright Bros. famous first flight at Kitty Hawk actually took place on an island off North Carolina
xvQg TIL in 1976 a film crew went to the haunted house in a California amusement park to shoot footage for a popular tv show. They discovered a hanging body that they thought was a mannequin… turns out it was a real person who had been dead and circulating in various carnivals for over sixty years
9mJB TIL that, in the NHL, if a team’s starting and backup goalie are injured during a game, rule 5.3 allows almost anybody to suit up in net as a replacement (including from the crowd). Examples have included a team video producer and an embroidery shop owner (who dressed but did not play).
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