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TIL about the Mugwumps, who were Republican political activists who voted Democrat in 1884 to protest GOP financial corruption...

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rRgVe TIL that Kirsty MacColl died while pushing one of her children out of the way of a speedboat owned by a billionaire. A deckhand claimed he, and not the billionaire was responsible for piloting the boat. He paid a fine of $90 to avoid prison.
oBgp8 TIL Rage Against The Machines first live performance was October 23, 1991 at Cal State Northridge. Still one of the greatest rock bands ever.
eGO5 TIL Whoopi Goldberg co-founded a company that makes medical marijuana products for women seeking relief from menstrual cramps. Goldberg says she was inspired to go into business by “a lifetime of difficult periods and the fact that cannabis was literally the only thing that gave me relief”.
DQAVD TIL the lead singer of the runaways Cherrie Currie is now a chainsaw wood artist
69Rvl TIL that regenerated lung tissue has been implanted into living rats, which has helped to make progress in lung disease treatments. Yale said "When implanted into rats for short intervals of time (45-120 minutes), the engineered lungs exchanged oxygen and carbon dioxide similarly to natural lungs."