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TIL that 2 dogs were executed for witchcraft during the Salem Witch Trials

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N7rL1 TIL when slave/abolitionist Frederick Douglass was 16, he fought back against his brutal master. Edward Covey, a man who had a reputation as a "slave-breaker," whipped Douglas regularly and almost broke him until one day, Douglass fought and came out victorious. Covey never tried to beat him again.
rNMo TIL that the first male to win the tennis Career Golden Slam, Andre Agassi (winning all four Grand Slam tournaments and the Olympic gold), is married to the first female tennis player, Steffi Graf, to do the same.
QeRM TIL in 1990, Kerry Packer, the richest man in Australia, purchased defibrillators for every ambulance in New South Wales after his life was saved by an rescue crew that had one of the few defibrillators in the country.
6EeRJ in terms of their brain chemistry, introverts have a lower threshold of dopamine sensitivity than extroverts (dopamine is a chemical associated with reward because it makes us feel good). Essentially, the lower your dopamine threshold, the more easily stimulated you are.
M7De8 TIL in 1986 an American woman, Judith Richardson Haimes, who worked as a psychic had an allergic reaction after receiving an iodine tracer injection (for a CAT scan) that allegedly disabled her psychic powers. She sued the hospital and was awarded $600,000 for pain and suffering and loss of income.