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TIL In 1984, an anti-cruise missile activist poured red paint on the only good copy of the Canadian Constitution. He was subsequently sentenced to 89 days in weekend jail.

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e0DkL TIL that the legless Artic Explorer Peter Freuchen, who was a member of the Danish resistance during WW2, openly claimed to be Jewish whenever he witnessed anti-semitism, he was imprisoned by the Germans for this reason and was sentenced to death but he managed to escape and flee to Sweden.
Gnw4 TIL that Thanksgiving was made a national holiday because one woman obsessively campaigned to make it so until eventually President Lincoln agreed. The same woman also wrote “Mary had a little lamb” and lobbied for the creation of the Bunker Hill memorial.
K0Z9 TIL When AA neurosurgeon Ben Carson was a child, his mother required him to read two library books a week and give her written reports, even though she was barely literate. She would then pretend to carefully review and approve them. This inspired his eventual love of reading and learning.
ADX4x TIL: In Japanese mythology, the Unicorn is a fierce creature able to root out criminals, instantly punishing them by piercing them through the heart with its horn
xVLND TIL according to an autopsy report an Alabama minister who died of “accidental mechanical asphyxia” in his home, was found hogtied, wearing two complete wet suits, including a face mask, diving gloves and slippers, rubberized underwear, a head mask, and had a dildo in his anus covered with a condom