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TIL the very first US Congress passed, and George Washington signed into law, a health insurance mandate.

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kZ1m TIL that The North Face clothing company sued a clothing company called The South Butt.
OGe8X TIL Georgios Papanikolaou, a Greek doctor introduced a low-cost, easily performed screening test for early detection of cancerous and precancerous cells, the "Pap test" saving lives of million women
OoW7Y TIL the Batavia was a ship of the Dutch East India that was wrecked off the coast of Western Australia in 1629. Of the 301 passengers who survived the wreck approximately 125 were murdered following a mutiny, including women, children and infants.
wo6po TIL in 1714, a Native American guide in eastern North America showed a group of settlers a deep path worn in the streambank by herds of eastern elk crossing the river. By 1880, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service declared the eastern elk subspecies extinct.
XA0r TIL enough cheese was produced in 2011 to give each person on Earth 3 kg of cheese.