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TIL the KKK counter protested the Westboro Baptist Church during a Memorial Day service

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GAe1J TIL during 1904 Olympics men's marathon winner was disqualified as he rode in a car for part of the race. The actual winner was near collapse and hallucinating, an effect of being fed brandy, raw eggs, and strychnine by his trainers. The fourth-place finisher took a nap after eating spoiled apples.
AD4Oa TIL that IBM once required employees to sing praises of it's president and company from the official IBM Songbook.
NVPb TIL that the only heir to the mighty Mughal Empire lives in abject powerty in a slum in Kolkhata, running a tea stall.
M5WW TIL When hot water freezes faster than cold water, the effect is called “the Mpemba Effect”. It’s named after Tanzanian Erasto Mpemba who was originally ridiculed for bringing it up in class after noticing his warmer ice cream mix was freezing before the cooler batch
M9rK TIL that the American Psychiatric Association officially banned its members from commenting on a public figure’s mental health without examining them. The policy is known as the Goldwater rule.