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TIL: The first, and so far only, time Gallup asked "Which Country Is The Greatest Threat to World Peace?" the US came first with three times the vote for second place.

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gMjQW TIL Deadly heat is killing Americans: climate death toll rises after a decade of federal inaction | US news
vPOER TIL Kerosene is used to extinguish fire in a bale of cotton
VrQ0 TIL that John F Kennedy, C.S Lewis and Aldous Huxley died on the same day and that a book called Between Heaven and Hell: A Dialog Somewhere Beyond Death with John F. Kennedy, C. S. Lewis & Aldous Huxley, had those three In Purgatory engaged in a philosophical discussion on faith.
NkQb TIL Pregnant actress Gene Tierney contracted German measles during a visit to The Hollywood Canteen, her child was born severely disabled. Some time later a woman asking for an autograph said she had broken quarantine to see Tierney at the event. Agatha Christie based a book on the story.
Zk6B TIL the founder of Macy’s, Rowland Hussey, who was a Quaker, is credited with inventing the price tag. Quakers believed it was immoral to barter - charging people different prices for the same product. Also, price tags made it easier to expand and quickly hire new sales people.