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TIL 1 in 3 preteens list influencing as a career goal

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d80KK TIL starting in 1782 the official motto of the United States was "Out of many, one" until it was changed in 1952 to "In god we trust"
b6MZZ TIL that the Mobro 4000 was a garbage barge that departed New York with 3,000 tons of trash in 1987. It gained national headlines as it traveled the coast looking for a place to unload after being rejected by six states and three countries. It finally unloaded five months later… in Brooklyn.
6995J TIL that, according to Diogenes Laërtius, Metrocles of Maroneia became a Cynic philosopher after having farted while practicing a speech. He became very upset, but after another philosopher (Crates) himself farted to demonstrate how natural it was, Metrocles was persuaded to let go of his shame.
W7xdN TIL that the first woman to serve in the United States Senate was also the last member of Congress to be a slaveowner.
B9xy TIL Bruce Willis was forced to sign a three picture deal with Disney after he pulled out of ‘The Broadway Brawler’, a romantic comedy about a hockey player. The three movies he made were 'Armageddon’, 'The Sixth Sense’, and 'The Kid.’ The movies combined to gross an estimated 1.3 billion worldwide