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TIL that Aaron Burr, infamous for killing Alexander Hamilton, was an early proponent of women’s rights. He praised Mary Wollstonecraft’s “A Vindication of the Rights of Woman,” and provided his daughter with an education usually only afforded to boys of the time.

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e0w16 TIL: The 2012 Olympic Committee asked Music Manager Bill Curbishley to have drummer for "The Who" Keith Moon perform the opening ceremonies. Curbishley replied "If they have a round table, some glasses and candles, we might contact him." Keith Moon had been dead for 34 years.
6RJ TIL pus is white blood cells that died fighting off infection.
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