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TIL Ted Nugent for a month stopped bathing, vomitted on himself, and pooped his pants to get out of being drafted during Vietnam.

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V0Lm TIL John Adams felt that though independence and a free government sounded appealing in theory, he feared “that in every assembly, members will obtain an influence by noise, not sense. By meanness, not greatness. By ignorance, not learning. By contracted hearts, not large souls.”
PBvO TIL that technology during the silent movie era forced actors to wear multi-colored makeup so the camera could capture their faces properly
1awvd TIL A Tribe Called Quest once made a song called “ Georgie Porgie” that was so homophobic their record label refused to let them put it on the album
v1vNj TIL of a boxing match between bi-sexual boxer, Emile Griffith, and Benny Paret. At weigh in, Paret antagonized Griffith by making homophobic remarks and grabbing Griffith's buttocks. Griffith won the fight by KO; Paret never regained consciousness and died in the hospital 10 days after the fight.
Y7PB TIL that the annual cost of religious tax exemptions is 71 billion, nearly 4 times greater than the budget for NASA