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TIL that in order to promote national peace, founding father Benjamin Rush wanted to establish the position of Secretary of Peace, and at the same times post signs such as "An office for butchering the human species" and "An office for creating famine" above the office of the Secretary of War.

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OGoKR TIL Mazda had to issue at least two recalls because spiders could cause their vehicles to catch on fire.
Mpy8 TIL the author of “Goodnight Moon” left all of the book’s royalties to her 9-year old neighbor, Albert Clarke, in 1952. Since then, Clarke has been arrested dozens of times, had 2 kids with a homeless woman he met on 6th Avenue in NYC, and has squandered most of the millions he has received.
Wk9dX TIL an accountant who never played professional hockey stood in as a goalie in an NHL game after both of the Blackhawks' goalies were injured, leading the team to victory.
4wag TIL 30 men were drafted to burn the bodies of those that died from ebola in Liberia, where cremation is a huge cultural taboo. Despite playing a large role in stopping the outbreak the 30 “ebola burners” are still shunned in their communities and even by their families.
VMG84 TIL That John Snow was an early pioneer of epidemiology and used diligent research and contact tracing to identify the source of a cholera epidemic in Soho, London. Officials initially rejected his findings but a detractor eventually published findings confirming Snow's assertions.