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TIL The Duke Lacrosse Accuser (Allegedly) Would Go On to Stab and Kill Her Boyfriend in 2011

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9YBEm TIL when an American tried to mention Stephen Hawking as an example of how any country that wasn't America would have let Hawking die, Hawking snapped back and stated the only reason he was alive was due to the NHS and the United Kingdom.
ANojw TIL: William Duer, a member of George Washington's inner circle was involved in the first American Insider Trading scandal. Using his knowledge of upcoming Treasury actions, he borrowed and took money from the treasury to leverage bond bets. The market then crashed and Hamilton had to rescue it.
4XyQw TIL of the Chagossians, an ethnic group native to the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean. In the 1970s, all of them were ethnically cleansed in able to build a US military base. In 2016, they were denied the right to return after a 45-year legal dispute.
VMEEk TIL Thomas Payne argued in a 1797 pamphlet for an estate tax to fund elderly pensions and a one-time payment when a person reached 21
Eg01d TIL Will Ferrell & Andy Murray played Will Arnett & Andy Roddick in the '09 US Open