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TIL Jailed Nixon advisers John Ehrlichman and JR Haldeman were both Christian Scientists and they inserted language exempting "prayer is the only cure" parents from the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act.

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VBKyQ Today I learned about the battle of Wabash, aka the battle of a thousand slain, considered one of the worst defeats in US military history in which 1400 Army troops faced 1100 Native Americans resulting in 21 Native American deaths and almost 700 American deaths
VMx9D TIL Confederate spy Rose O'Neal Greenhow drowned when weighed down by $2,000 of gold hidden in her underclothes
OwW1 TIL the first scientist to see penguins engage in gay sex and necrophilia was so disturbed he tried to obscure his findings
9vQX TIL as many as 800 languages are spoken in New York City, making it the most linguistically diverse city in the world.
Ynrx TIL 40% of Australian Women have DD sized boobs, or larger.