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Today I Learned that Steve Gunderson was the only Republican to vote against DOMA in 1996, and he was the first openly gay Republican in the US House

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OwVX TIL there is a long history of US Vice Presidents disliking the job. John Adams called it “the most insignificant office… contrived,” FDR’s Vice President Garner called it “not worth a bucket of warm piss,” and Truman joking Vice Presidents were “about as useful as a cow’s fifth teat.”
69VyQ TIL "Best of Joy" was the last song Michael Jackson ever recorded. An earlier version of it was called "The Toy", with the lyrics "I am your toy, I am your boy"
dx7j TIL a man faked his own death to avoid rape charges and was discovered to be alive when he was elected mayor in a small Mexican village
1PRd TIL that the feminist anthem Respect was written and originally recorded by Otis Redding about a man asking for respect when he brings home money.
ney97 TIl that in 1926 Anglo-Irish woman Violet Gibson attempted to assassinate Benito Mussolini. However, the first shot only hit his nose and the gun misfired when the attempted a second. She was released without charge, deported to the Britain and spent the rest of her life in a mental asylum.