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TIL that Abraham Lincoln is enshrined in the Wrestling Hall of Fame, having lost just once in 300 matches

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QJvP9 Today I learned that the artist of DOOM's original cover art didn't expect his logo to become super famous
9wVMQ TIL over 80,000 Moroccan men, mostly from the Rif region, fought as soldiers for Francisco Franco’s Nationalists during the Spanish Civil War. They would be instrumental in the rise of a fascist Spain.
K04w TIL it is illegal to homeschool in Germany, and that homeschooled children may be removed from their parents even if these children are found to be well taken care of.
75Br TIL there is a 13,000-square-mile area in West Virginia where cell phones and Wi-FI are banned.
M4k8 TIL Chuck Close is a painter who is suffering from prosopagnosia, which means he can’t recognize or remember faces, has used this disability to make large ultra realistic paintings of faces.