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TIL that in 1983 Ronald Reagan said “There are some people who would have you so stand on principle that if you don’t get all that you’ve asked for, you jump off the cliff with the flag flying…I believe half a loaf is better than none and that…you’re not going to always get everything you want.”

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QJLae TIL of Dr. Mary Walker, an abolitionist, suffragist, surgeon, and the only female Medal of Honor recipient. She advocated for women to wear what they wanted. She’d often get arrested for wearing men's clothes, though she insisted "I don't wear men's clothes, I wear my own clothes."
LkGoQ TIL Hayao Miyazaki's Porco Rosso was shown as an in-flight film on Japan Airlines planes well before its official theatrical release. JAL originally wanted to produce a short promo but as time went on it was developed into a feature length film.
KxJa TIL Companies such as General Motors (fronting as National City Lines) bought out companies that operated electric streetcars across the USA and fully replaced them with buses, which were reliant on foreign oil.
v1108 TIL there is a place in California named "Slab City" where squatters and artists live with no laws, no water, and no electricity. It is called, "The Last Free Place in America".
4kDZN TIL There is a very rare disorder called Alien Hand Syndrome (AHS) that makes one or both of your limbs act independently as if they are controlled by someone else’s brain. Say your right hand is writing a note when all the sudden your left hand starts to suffocate you.