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TIL that in 2015, Christopher Ingraham of Washington Post wrote an article about Red Lake County in Minnesota being "the absolute worst place to live in America." The unhappy county residents invited the reporter to come visit. He liked it so much, less than 1 year later he moved his family there.

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wgVJ TIL in 1861, slave Robert Smalls stole a confederate ship and took it to the Union. He was given command of a Union ship, became a general then purchased his owner’s house and let the sick wife of his owner live there until she died. He became literate and then served 5 years in Congress.
MWw0 TIL that in the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics, skateboarding will be included for the very first time as an Olympic game. Bowling was also suggested but didn’t make the final 5 additions.
OGgea TIL that an undefined number of rats, accused of destroying barley crops in 16th-century France, had a lawyer named Barthélemy de Chasseneuz. He cleverly sought delays, citing rats' age and health, and convinced the town to curfew their cats, but lost as the cats still ate the rats.
Ga4g TIL: Stress makes people perform badly because it takes up space in the ‘working memory’ making less memory available for performing the task at hand
VBW7G TIL the most expensive beef is naturally tender and comes from muscles high up on the animal – beef rib and loin. Tenderloin, striploin, ribeye, and porterhouse steak are part of this exclusive category. These cuts account for just 8% of the carcass.