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TIL 7 of the 8 US Presidents that have died in office were all elected in years divisible by 20

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4KNX TIL Griffith created the WikiScanner in August 2007, which cross-references IP addresses, company IP address ownership, and content edits. WikiScanner located violators of Wikipedia rules, such as the Vatican, Wal-Mart, FBI, CIA, Church of Scientology, Exxon, Microsoft, Apple, and the UN.
68v8 TIL that Rome is north of Chicago and Paris is nine miles south of the US / Canada border
PYe5O TIL that Helen Keller was a radical socialist, birth control supporter, and helped found the ALCU in 1920.
xVGQw TIL About the Civilian Conservation Corps, a US Government sponsored work program that provided training and income for young men and their families during The Great Depression. The program is credited for having improved morale, physical health, and employability for those who participated.
jNjlM TIL that the practice of touching/knocking on wood after making an positive observation about your life, to ward off bad luck or "jinxing" yourself, is spread across completely separate countries and cultures on every continent