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TIL that in 2000, fundamentalist Mormon leader Warren Jeffs ordered his followers to pull their children out of public schools, leading one school district to drop from 1,200 students, to less than 250.

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OGlj1 TIL that Aaron Sorkin refitted a speech written for and rejected by former CA Gov. Gray Davis to address the events of September 11th. It went on to be one of the most iconic moments in the West Wing
PYjE TIL there’s an underground garden in Fresno, CA that is meant to mimic Greece. And it’s open for visitors.
j6ALQ TIL, of the BP (Before Present) timescale, used by archeologists; 0BP is 1950 in the Gregorian calendar
VMX7Q TIL of Eddie Chapman - a professional criminal and prolific womanizer who became an important British double agent during WWII. He once convinced both British and German intelligence to house and pay each of his two fiancees in opposite warzones. He is the only Briton to win the German Iron Cross.
69L5W Til about Rick Rescorla who after saving 2700 people on 9/11 went back up to look for stragglers & who the book and movie “ “We were soldiers “ is based on