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TIL One of Bill Clinton’s first jobs out of law school was working for the Dallas office of the 1972 George McGovern Campaign. He worked with Ron Kirk, Anne Richards, and Steven Spielberg; who went on to become Mayor of Dallas, Governor of Texas, and Steven Spielberg, respectively.

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9YM1D TIL that the young Michael Faraday, who would go on to become one of the most influential scientists of all time, was inspired at the age of 14 by a book he found that was written by a woman named Jane Marcet. The book was one she had written on chemistry, with the content adapted for women.
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