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TIL Eisenhower is the only two-term president since World War II to never have a negative approval rating

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p891A TIL that in 1898 doctors began to suspect that smoking caused lung cancer, despite the fact that there were only 140 published cases of the then rare disease in 1900
6gNl TIL that in 1909 Sir Winston Churchill tried to enact the People’s Budget, based on the economic philosophy of Henry George. The People’s Budget sought to redistribute wealth and implement a land tax. In 1908, approximately 66% of the capital wealth was owned by 1.4% of all families in the UK.
j6y7Q TIL HORSE the band played 80 shows in 4 Continents, 45 Countries in a span of 90 days. The tour entitled Earth Tour was self booked and self financed for $100,000 .
j6djN TIL Scruff McGruffs actor got sentenced to 16yrs in Prison for having 1k pot plants, and 27 guns (including a grenade launcher).
O0V7 TIL in 2003 a pallasite meteorite as old as the earth itself was found in China. It’s so beautiful a sliver can fetch millions at auction.