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TIL in 1987 an 18 year old came up with an idea to raise $28,000 he needed for college. He contacted a newspaper columnist, asking to write his readers a request: send a penny each. They sent 90,000 letters and $29,000. He graduated with a Food Science degree from the University of Illinois in 1991

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lgRB TIl - The word Barbarian came from Greek meaning anyone who does not speak ancient greek because to the Greek, all other languages sounded like : BAR BAR BAR BAR BAR
j6X4M TIL that blue reflectors on the road mean a fire hydrant is nearby.
QJw6X TIL about Rubble Woman, who, in the aftermath of World War II, helped clear and reconstruct the bombed cities of Germany and Austria. With much of the male population dead or prisoners of war, this monumental task fell to a large degree on women.
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