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TIL that the only US Supreme Court Justice to ever have been impeached, Samuel Chase, was impeached on the grounds that his political views were allegedly affecting his court rulings.

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Oom8R TIL that the day after Carrie Fisher died, while planning her funeral services, her mother, Debbie Reynolds, said "I want to be with Carrie," then immediately suffered a stroke a died.
wGbM TIL That President Kennedy promised to “end housing discrimination with a stroke of the pen” when he got in to office; when he didn’t do so, Civil Rights groups sent thousands of pens to the White House in protest.
9YxA6 TIL James Howard. WW2 P-51 Mustang fighter pilot who defended his bombers, alone, against 30 Luftwaffe planes, even diving on them when he'd run out of ammunition, until they were driven away.
BrgmD TIL wombats have cube shaped poop.
5EDB TIL it’s illegal in 7 US states to be atheist and hold public office.