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TIL Chiropractic Medicine Was Founded In 1895, When A Magnet Healer Allegedly Cured A Janitor's Deafness Through Knowledge Given To Him From The 'Other World'.

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dZlr TIL that the Oxford English Dictionary was written largely by a murderer from a mental institution
dXQj TIL that there is a “Vegas/Dubai-styled” free trade zone on an island paradise in Iran. Anyone is welcomed to do business/visit there and it gets a million tourists a year.
DQoXp TIL not all self-representation cases in courts end in failure. In 1981, Edward Lawson won in the Federal Ninth Circuit Court vs. San Diego county over excessive discretion of police requiring to show identification. It was appealed to the Supreme Court. Two years later he won, repealing US Law.
gMyGW TIL of the Circle of Tchaikovsky, a group formed in 1868 to share knowledge and books that were banned in the Russian Empire, which included the first volume of Das Kapital by Karl Marx. However, the circle opposed violent revolutions and believed fighting for political freedom was pointless.
W775B TIL that the Capitol was designed to have George Washington's tomb on public display. Both houses passed bills saying he should be buried there, and his wife consented, but due to various delays it took until 1830 for it to be viable. After an attempted theft of his head, the project was cancelled.