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TIL that James Smith, husband of Moira, an NYPD officer who died saving people in the towers on 9/11 and was awarded “Woman Of The Year” by Glamour, returned the award after seeing it be given to Caitlyn Jenner, stating “Is this the best you could do?”

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nKQP TIL the Safe Drinking Water Act is so out of date that the water Americans drink can pose what scientists say are serious health risks — and still be legal. Only 91 contaminants are regulated by the Act, yet more than 60,000 chemicals are used within the United States, according to EPA estimates.
yQL88 TIL During the Cold War the US began work on a huge secret telescope. The plan was to use the moon as a reflector, to spy on bounced signals from the USSR. It would have been double the size of the largest steerable telescope ever built to this day. All that remains now is the concrete foundation.
YpAVP TIL The modern conspiracy - The Illuminati, was an art project/protest in the late 60's by a political theorist and a staffer at Playboy to show the public how ridiculous and disempowering it was to think a group of secretive people controlled the world.
VBkNk TIL that the “n” in 7-ELEVEn is lowercase because the company president’s wife thought the all-caps was too harsh and, with a lowercase letter, the logo looked more graceful.
VBkwQ TIL that Coca-Cola funded the NAACP and Hispanic Federation in exchange for them opposing legislation to curb legislation that would limit sugar consulting