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TIL although Pepperdine University is in an area historically known for wildfires, they never evacuate their students, faculty, and staff duirng a brushfre. Working with LAFD, constructing buildings with fire-resistant materials, and creating firebreaks make the campus ideal for sheltering in place.

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PY9aO TIL at the end of the 17th century in an attempt to modernize society, Russian Emperor Peter the Great taxed any men who didn't shave their beard. Those that paid the tax carried around a copper or bronze token as proof they had paid.
kJPJ1 TIL the two women of the Judgment of Solomon, the story from the Bible in which King Solomon orders a baby of disputed motherhood to be cut in half and shared between the two, were prostitutes.
1anW8 TIL a revolt of textile workers in 14th century Florence led to the son of a washerwoman becoming president when he entered the palace barefoot and overthrew the oligarchic government. For 4 years the republic was ruled almost entirely by middle class artisans and shopkeepers
rR7do TIL of Brady Feigl a 6'4" redheaded minor league baseball pitcher in the Oakland Athletics system and Brady Feigl a 6'4" redheaded minor league baseball pitcher in the Texas Rangers system. Despite being each others doppelganger, DNA test did not indicate they were related to each other.
PYPOZ TIL that the United Nations was gifted a statue of an elephant by Kenya, Namibia and Nepal, but the UN hid it because the statue has an erect penis.