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TIL Winston Churchill was seriously injured in NYC in 1931 when he was struck by a car while attempting to cross the street. Accustomed to British traffic, he looked the wrong way and, seeing no cars, stepped into traffic. He went out of his way to ensure the driver of the car did not get blamed.

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wAl6 TIL- After the Port Chicago explosion, the Navy asked Congress for $5000 to be given to each of the victims’ families. When one congressman learned most of the victims were black sailors, he successfully had the value reduced. To $3000.
QJylX TIL of a man in south India who upon realizing that his wife use a rag during her periods made a cheap easy-to-use affordable machine to produce sanitary pads.
neKJ7 TIL the Herbert Hoover spoke fluent Chinese.
LYm0 TIL the band Vulfpeck crowdfunded a free concert tour by uploading an album Sleepify to Spotify and asking their friends to play it on repeat while they slept. The album consisted only of 10 short silent tracks. Before Spotify removed the album the band had made the royalties amounting over $20,000.
YpMxx TIL Monterey Jack was a real person, and owned the dairy that first mass-produced the cheese.