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TIL The Russians tried to interfere in the 1960 presidential election on behalf of Adlai Stevenson II, offering him propaganda support to help him "succeed". He declined their offer and informed the New York Times about the incident.

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nemjP TIL in Aztec mythology, giving birth was seen as a woman's battle with the gods to win her child's life. Mothers who succeeded were celebrated, while women who died in childbirth were thought to become vampiric monsters called Cihuateteo, which stole other women's children.
PYnbe TIL After 27 years together Tina Turner married Erwin Bach in Switzerland in 2013. Shortly afterwards she signed the paperwork to give up her American citizenship and became a permanent citizen of Switzerland. In 2017 Erwin Bach donated a kidney to her, saving her life.
ZBkp TIL On August 1st each year the people of Warsaw, Poland stop everything to pay homage to the Warsaw Uprising the largest rebellion of WWII. Which cost cost over 200,000 lives and destruction of the capital.
XEMMX TIL that Natalie Portman is a published researcher in Psychology. Her first scientific paper was co-authored while still in high school. It was entered into the prestigious Intel Science Talent Search and made it all the way to the semi-finals.
xVAM0 TIL that one acre of hemp can produce as much paper (including toilet paper!) as four acres of trees.