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TIL of Eben Grumpy of Iowa who was a little slow in paying John Sputter $30 he owed him. Sputter threatened to sue, so Grumpy painted a check on a door and dropped it on him from a third-story window next time he came over. A court ruled the door was legal payment.

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b9MZN TIL about Susan Sweney; a British pro-Nazi broadcaster in WWII, born in India. She was a Fascist, rumored Lesbian, and severe alcoholic. She survived two shipwrecks during WWII and was imprisoned by both Germany and Britain. Years later, she worked on a farm, and a pet shop in England.
1D8P TIL that the Hindu religion states that science only offers a limited view of reality, but all it offers is right and correct, meaning that the religion by it’s nature cannot contradict science, leading to the the majority of even highly religious Hindus accepting evolution as fact.
rN110 TIL During WWII, the largest volunteer army was the Indian army
NrZJ TIL Jazz great Ella Fitzgerald by age 18 had taught herself to sing 2 notes at once like Mongolian folk singers!
xVGZw TIL that there is a link between regular Benadryl usage & the risk of getting dementia.