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4kv0X TIL Cooperstown was founded by James Fenimore Cooper’s father
9YoYQ TIL Gulliver's Travels by Swift was largely changed by others in later editions from the original biting satire to remove a lot of the satirical tone and make it more passable for the general public's consumption. It was basically changed from political satire to a children's book.
Yp6wZ TIL of Doublethink, a process of indoctrination whereby the subject is expected to simultaneously accept two mutually contradictory beliefs as correct, often in contravention to one's own memories or sense of reality.