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TIL about Lochner Vs. NY in which the Supreme Court ruled that a New York law setting maximum working hours for bakers was unconstitutional.

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p84pp TIL Sandy Hook perpetrator Adam Lanza was visited by the FBI when he was 12 for hacking through 2 levels of government security. They said if he was really that good he could work for them someday.
JY6w8 TIL Jason Alexander threatened to quit “Seinfeld” in the third season. After the table read of “The Pen”, which features only Jerry and Elaine, Alexander pulled Larry David aside and said “if you write me out again, do it permanently.” In 9 seasons, that was the only episode he wasn’t it.
OGNZL TIL that Russell M. Nelson, the late president of the Mormon Church, was also a pioneering open heart surgeon.
mxnY TIL that 9 hikers in Russia were found dead in 1959. They ripped their tents open from the inside, ran barefoot through the snow at -30 degrees C, and were found with crushed skulls and one was missing their tounge. AND their clothing was found to be highly radioactive.
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