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TIL the first woman to run for President was Victoria Woodhull in 1872

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awD4y TIL when Richard Feynman was interviewed for an article titled "The World's Smartest Man", his mother responded when she found out: “Our Richie? The world’s smartest man? God help us!"
LDJp TIL that the theme song for Nick’s “The Amanda Show” is a remix of music from a level in Spyro the Dragon - both were credited to the same guy, who wrote all of the music for the original Spyro trilogy: Stewart Copeland.
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