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TIL about Julian of Norwich - the first (named) woman to have written English

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6E88X TIL about The Gospel of Wealth, an 1889 article by Andrew Carnegie that became a guiding philosophy for philanthropy as a moral obligation for the wealthy to spend their fortunes helping others that became a trend and expected of the very successful. He said: "He who dies rich, dies disgraced."
GXeN TIL that the state drink of Indiana is water.
Zp7gB TIL of The Bachelor of Powalgarh, an exceptionally large, man-eating Indian Bengal tiger, which was sought after and eventually shot and killed by Jim Corbett in 1930. The tiger was 10 feet 7 inches long
78EPb TIL that every president, former or incumbent since Andrew Johnson, has been alive at the same time as Herbert Hoover. Hoover (1874-1964) started this streak with Johnson (1808-1875), and will continue this streak into the next presidency regardless of who wins.
Gbr1 TIL of Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a Somali-born woman who was a victim of genital mutilation and married off to her cousin. She escaped and sought asylum in the Netherlands, eventually being elected to Dutch parliament. She is now an activist for women’s rights and opposes honor violence and child marriage.