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TIL that Thomas Jefferson was educated and tolerant about Islam, and forsaw Muslims running for president.

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R7rl4 TIL inoculation was introduced to America in 1706 by an West African slave named Onesimus, who taught his owner Cotton Mather how his parents inoculated him as a child. in 1721, Mather used this method to successfully combat a smallpox outbreak in Boston.
MQ0 TIL there is a museum dedicated specifically to bad art.
g8PD TIL the Olsen Twins purchased sole ownership of an entertainment company in 2004 and turned it into a billion-dollar enterprise.
4kvGb TIL that Mary Anderson invented the first operational windshield wiper but never profited from the invention as her patent expired before it became widely used in the auto industry
PZpV TIL: There is mental disorder called Maladaptive Daydreaming which causes people to excessively daydream to escape reality as a defense mechanism due to trauma usually from abuse