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TIL of the White House Peace Vigil a 24-hour a day anti-nuclear weapons peace vigil started by William Thomas in 1981. Thomas believed it to be the longest running uninterrupted anti-war protest in U.S. history

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jNr1v TIL that 43 year old songwriter Robert Lopez ("The Book of Mormon", "Frozen", "Coco") is the only multiple winner of an EGOT (all four of an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony award).
D98Y TIL a drunk man placed a bet that Germany would beat Brazil 7-1 in the 2014 World Cup Semi-Finals, and won over 1 million euros.
QmpM TIL that in 1974 a man died from an overdose of carrot juice.
6EK9W TIL that in the 1950s, Mao's government purged capitalists and political opponents by abusing them verbally and physically until they confessed, often committing suicide. Jumping from tall buildings became so common that people avoided walking near skyscrapers, afraid that bodies might land on them
mxQyM TIL because pendulum clocks are unreliable at sea, the first attempt at a marine chronometer was undertaken in 1673 utilizing a balance wheel and spring for regulation instead of a pendulum. This opened the way for the first modern pocket watches and wristwatches.