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TIL drying hands is as important as washing them

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epD8D TIL of the Town of Bingham Canyon, which was founded as a copper mining town in 1863, before being completely consumed by the copper mine as it grew. The Bingham Canyon Mine is now the largest man-made open pit mine in the world, and one of the deepest as well.
R58Pa TIL of Jennifer Keelan, an 8 year old girl with cerebral palsy who crawled up the steps of the Capitol building to tell Congress to pass the Americans with Disabilities Act that had been stalled in committee. It was signed into law 4 months later.
4ngJ TIL a man who committed suicide wrote a 1,905 page suicide note, complete with a bibliography and works cited.
nWXKB TIL: Pope Gregory IX issued a Papal Bull in the 11th Century declaring that cats bore Satan’s spirit. Huge numbers of cats were killed throughout Europe, an indirect cause of the Bubonic plague spread by fleas on rats.
AK17 TIL Keanu Reeves gave $80 million of his $114 million Matrix salary to special effects and makeup staff.