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TIL The song "Which Side Are You On?" popularized by Pete Seeger was written by the wife of a union organizer after her house was terrorised by hired thugs.

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7rZKM TIL During WW2, a German air raid in Bari, Italy hit the US Navy's SS John Harvey and 1000 people were exposed to the secret cargo of 2,000 mustard gas bombs. Doctors observed that the mustard gas destroyed the white blood cells of the victims. This discovery led to the development of chemotherapy.
VMr0Z TIL Eugen Sandow, The Father of Modern Bodybuilding, was defeated by a woman Katharina Brumbach in a strength contest. She later changed her name to Katie Sandwina( feminine derivative of Sandow).
JY1D8 TIL parts of Tokyo’s transit system was designed by intelligent fungus.
XE9Dr TIL that Carfentanyl (think "normal" Fentanyl but on crack) is so potent that it can be used as a chemical weapon. It was most likely used during the 2002 Moscow theater hostage crisis as an aerosol mist to subdue the Chechen hostage takers.
nW4mo TIL that there were Olympic medals for painters, sculptors, writers and musicians until 1952.