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TIL,that America's first serial killer may have been a woman in New Orleans in the 1800's.

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xNK1 TIL Henry Ford once refused to pay $10,000 to General Electric for fixing a generator problem and asked for an itemized bill. The engineer from the job, Charles Steinmetz, sent this: “Making chalk mark on generator, $1. Knowing where to make mark, $9,999.” Ford ended up paying the bill.
ybGM TIL a Tennessee Church kicked out a woman who had been a member for 60 years for refusing to publicly condemn her lesbian daughter
nee77 TIL about Engblom v. Carey, the only case in US history to set meaningful precedent on the Third Amendment. It held that National Guard members count as soldiers, and that employees count as 'owners' of employee housing.
rR6xe TIL that Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman are separated but no divorced due to how close they still are
oBB6K TIL that Every Which Way But Loose (1978) once held the record for highest-grossing opening weekend of any film.