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TIL the Yale student Jerelyn Luther that yelled “who the f— hired you?” was actually on the search committee involved in placing Nicholas Christakis as master of Silliman College

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yQ5AX TIL Former US President Calvin Coolidge enjoyed “buzzing for his bodyguards and then hiding under his desk as they frantically searched for him”
E14d7 TIL In 1946, the US agreed to turn over all of its nuclear weapons on the condition that all other countries pledge not to produce them. The Soviets reject it.
wp48 TIL that Theodore Roosevelt vocally disapproved of putting “In God We Trust” on US currency, saying “It seems to me eminently unwise to cheapen such a motto by use on coins, just as it would be to cheapen it by use on postage stamps, or in advertisements.”
jN4dp TIL the Vikings are currently considered the first creators of democracy: men and women gathered for assemblies called "Things" (þings) where they decided on laws and punishments for crimes
kJLLE TIL Isaac Newton was born on Christmas Day (December 25th) in England in 1642. However, a baby born on the same day in France would have a January 4th birthday because there were two competing calendars at the time.