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TIL You're three times more likely to die going to work or from work related accidents than by going to war, according to study.

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P17EO TIL that a women's suffrage activist named Virginia Minor sued in court in the 1870s to secure women the right to vote, based on the 14th Amendment's Privileges or Immunities Clause. In 1875, the US Supreme Court unanimously ruled against her in the Minor v. Happersett case.
ayeo TIL of Captain Mbaye Diagne, a Senegalese unarmed military observer with the UN during the Rwandan Genocide. Alone and against orders, he used his UN vehicle to ferry hundreds of Tutsis and moderate Hutus to safety, bluffing, bribing and begging his way through checkpoints manned by génocidaires.
yLNX TIL movie studios hire a man w/a computer program that will predict a movie’s box office. According to his algorithm, actors make no real difference in earnings EXCEPT Will Smith, Johnny Depp, and Brad Pitt who all improve box office numbers.
x4Y5 TIL DuPont has been poisoning the town of Parkersburg, WV for over 30 years and has been covering it up.
5Y1g8 TIL that DNC party bosses stole the VP nomination from Henry Wallace and got Truman on the ballot with FDR in 1944