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TIL that since 1843, the U.S. Treasury has held an account for donating directly to the government.

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kJ6ZE TIL that some residents of the Mexican cities of Madero and Tampico hold a belief that their homes are shielded from hurricanes by a group of aliens monitoring the coasts from an underwater base miles off of Miramar Beach.
a8WL TIL in 1966, a group of therapists psycho-analyzed an entire convent of nuns, experimenting with personal liberation. Within 18mo, half the nuns [300] left the convent; the rest became radicalized lesbian nuns. [BBC doc]
9PaQ TIL the Ottoman Empire enslaved children, educated them and gave them the most important positions in the empire.
WOn9 TIL that the “founding father” and first president of Pakistan wanted the country to be a secular home for people of “any religion, or caste, or creed.”
WkQwX TIL that Kendrick Lamar, an american rapper, won the Pulitzer Prize for Musical Composition for his album DAMN earlier this year making him the first non-jazz or Classical artist to ever win the prize in history.