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TIL President Abraham Lincoln feared the long term effects of unrestrained corporations and capitalism that “play on the prejudice of the people” more than the effects of the civil war.

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KmO6 TIL In the Golden Age of the Arabic Empire, a sect called Muʿtazila existed. This sect, which promoted reason and rational thought, was prevalent until the rise of the orthodox Ash’ari.
JO41 TIL that while serving time in prison, rapper Tupac Shakur was asked for his autograph by a skinhead who said it was for his younger cousin. Tupac obliged, later saying that it made him feel like he accomplished something.
XvYk TIL that a man’s home was being foreclosed and the bank wouldn’t let him sell it. He responded by spending 2 weeks tearing down the $350K home he built.
wkJ1 TIL: The money required to eradicate hunger for everyone in the world has been estimated at 30 billion per year…about as much as the world spends on the military every eight days.
epnG5 TIL The Great Gamma (Ghulam Mohammad Baksh), an undefeated wrestling champion born in old India, did 1000 pushups a day wearing a 100kg belt