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TIL Wales is not only a nation but also a country

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M77B TIL John Adams wrote in the MA Constitution that “ it shall be the duty of legislators and magistrates in all future periods of this commonwealth to cherish the interests of literature and the sciences”
p8KLQ TIL During a US WWII bombing mission in 1944, 1st Lt. Bill Lawley, took controls of a severely damaged B-17, managed to evade 20 attackers, pull out of a steep dive, and refused to bail-out with the rest of the crew as 2 team members were wounded. He was subsequently awarded the Metal of Honor.
WZL TIL in South American countries like Bolivia, children who work have formed their own worker’s unions and are advocating for their right to work to be written into the constitution.
nWamd TIL about Heraclitus, a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher, who introduced the concept of 'Panta Rhei' (everything flows) and famously stated 'One cannot step twice in the same river.' His philosophical stance emphasized the constant flux and transformation in the universe.
KYR5R TIL on New Year’s Day 12 years after the Nuremberg Trials, chief psychiatrist Douglas Kelly committed suicide in front of his family. He ingested potassium cyanide as had Hermann Göring hours before his hanging. Kelley had a history of dark moods and had admired Göring’s control over his own death.