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TIL that Congressman Leo Ryan, who was assassinated at Jonestown, had a daughter that lived in the Rajneesh commune in Oregon

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R58Pa TIL of Jennifer Keelan, an 8 year old girl with cerebral palsy who crawled up the steps of the Capitol building to tell Congress to pass the Americans with Disabilities Act that had been stalled in committee. It was signed into law 4 months later.
0jRR Today I learned that the inequity seen in more attractive waiters earning higher tips is not the result of male customers bestowing financial favors on attractive waitresses. Rather, the primary driver (of this dynamic) is female customers tipping attractive females more than unattractive females
nWjOG TIL Catherine O'Hara's yell of "KEVIN!" in Home Alone happened because she forgot the actual line, "We left Kevin home alone!"
KLk9 TIL that the Pyrenean Ibex, which went extinct in 2000, was resurrected in 2009. For 7 minutes, the species was no longer extinct, but the baby died of a lung defect shortly after birth.
nW9EY Till that in Europe, Netherlands Men are the tallest, they average 184 cm, and are on average 21 cm taller than San Marino men, who average only 163 cm and are the shortest.