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TIL Abraham Lincoln was made an honorary citizen of the Republic of San Marino

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rAWw TIL that nearly 100% of those older than 60 years of age are diagnosed with herpes of the eye at autopsy.
9Y7VB TIL despite having been discontinued in most of the world in the mid-1990s and having exited the video game console market, the 8-bit Sega Master System is still produced in Brazil, and its market share rivals more modern gaming systems there
epEwg TIL Annapurna mountain for decades had the highest fatality-to-summit rate of eight-thousander meter summits. But the fatality rate fell recently from 32% to under 20% from 2012 to 2022
ADAVn TIL there's an all-Sikh biker club in California that was started after a gunman killed 6 people in a temple. Since its creation in 2012, it has raised thousands of dollars for charity.
OoEAa TIL the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird set the world record for the fastest air-breathing manned aircraft in 1976 at 3,529 km/h (2,193 mph), a record which still hasn't been broken in 44 years