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TIL Serial killer John Wayne Gacy was noted for his participation in local community activities. Because of his contributions, Gacy met and was photographed with then First Lady Rosalynn Carter, and given secret service clearance.

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NXMeM TIL about the Love Canal Disaster, which lead to the creation of the EPA superfund
Y7v9G TIL: SCOTUS decision in 1922 denied Japanese-American Takao Ozawa citizenship ruling that only white "Caucasians" were eligible. The next year, a Sikh man named Bhagat Singh Thind sued arguing that he should be eligible because he is from the Caucasus. He was also denied.
wokeJ TIL that the name Arizona does not come from Spanish, scholars disagree on whether it actually originates from the native O'odham name "alĭ ṣonak" (good spring) or from Basque settlers who called it "haritz ona" (good oak).
R7wZw Today I learned that Bryan Ware created the Crayon Initiative that collects used crayons from restaurants and melts them down to make new crayons for children's hospitals.
ne8e7 TIL the Minnesota state high school hockey tournament is the largest high school sporting event in the nation in terms of attendance and viewership