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TIL Jello Biafra, best known as the lead singer of the punk rock band Dead Kennedy’s, ran for the Green Party’s presidential nomination in 2000. Some of his ideas included lowering the voting age to 5 and abolishing the military.

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BrDRD TIL of George Pullman, a 19th century industrialist who built a company town adjacent to his factory, established behavioral standards that workers had to meet to live in the area, and charged them high rents, even as wages decreased.
dmXE TIL young chimpanzees have better numerical memory than adult humans
M7KwV TIL that Dennis Rader, the serial killer known as BTK, worked at ADT Security Services from 1974 to 1988, where he installed security alarms as part of his job, in many cases for homeowners concerned about the BTK killings.
Y7noG TIL that herbs are the fresh part of the plant while spice is the dried root, stalk, seed or fruit of the plant and is almost always dried not fresh.
1aLKD TIL about Don Ritchie, "The Angel of the Gap", who, over the course of his life, successfully talked down over 160 people from jumping at a popular suicide spot near Sydney, Australia. For his efforts he was awarded the Order of Australia medal in 2006.