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TIL about the National Association of Unclaimed Property Administrators. If a company owed you money but couldn't pay you because of out of date contact information, it is possible that money is now available to be claimed through the NAUPA.

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PYVjE TIL that Uncle Tom was actually a very selfless and pious man who was brutally beaten for protecting fellow blacks
OkxL TIL the US temporarily had universal child care during World War II to support working mothers. In 1971, Congress passed a bill that would have provided it permanently, only to have it vetoed by Richard Nixon at the urging of Pat Buchanan.
77AO TIL A Mars mission would expose astronauts to radiation levels equivalent to receiving a whole-body CT scan every five or six days and increase their risk of cancer by 5.5%; NASA scientists consider this the “elephant in the room” with regard to any deep space missions
wLxbW TIL NBA player Ricky Davis received the nickname "Wrong Rim Ricky" in Cleveland. Davis was one rebound short of a triple double, when he deliberately tossed an inbound pass off his own rim & caught it in attempt to receive credit for a rebound, but shots taken at one's own basket do not count
mxjay TIL Jimmy Carter called Egyptian president Sadat’s assassination in 1981 “one of the worst days of my life.” Carter knew Sadat's successsor, Mubarak, quite well. Decades later, Carter became disappointed and stopped speaking to Mubarak after he stayed in power too long