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TIL They are making beer from dirty bathwater

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nnD7 TIL due to its pagan origin, the Christmas festival was banned in Massachusetts between 1659 and 1681 by the Puritans as an illegal observance.
NX71Q TIL that the Texas Rangers law enforcement agency, was constantly trying to shut down the Balinese Room nightclub on Galveston Island but their arrival would be tipped off by Balinese Room associates when the Rangers came down the bridge onto the island. The Rangers solved this by raiding by sea.
Lex9 TIL that a group of Orthodox Jews in New Jersey joined their local school board and began redirecting funds from public schools to their childrens’ yeshiva classes…despite their children not attending any of these public schools
4kNbJ TIL that Germany hunted native bears to extinction in the 1800s
neByP TIL about Wangari Mathaai, the first African Woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize. She founded the Green Belt movement that helped plant 30 million trees and empowered women to get involved in social change.