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TIL that the Danish woman Karen Jeppe freed 2000 women and children during the Armenian Genocide, and helped many others.

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4XpYa TIL Smuckers tried to patent "uncrustables" PB&J sandwiches, to no avail. They resembled ravioli too much.
nVG7 TIL Roosevelt wanted a “Second Bill of Rights”, an “economic bill of rights” which would guarantee: Employment with a living wage, food, clothing and leisure, farmers’ rights to a fair income, freedom from unfair competition and monopolies, housing, medical care, social security, education.
JYr0V TIL that Christopher Collins, the voice of Starscream in the original series, also voiced Cobra Commander in the 1983 G.I. Joe cartoon. Making him the voice of two classic bad guys for an entire generation. He later went on to have a successful stand-up comedy career.
69eWJ TIL porcelain dentures included traces of uranium up until the mid-1980s, the idea was the fluorescence provided by uranium would better mimic the colour of natural teeth
MevwV TIL infamous cult leader Jim Jones poisoned his followers with Flavor Aid (not Kool-Aid); earlier, he'd been awarded the Martin Luther King Jr. Humanitarian Award for his progressive integrationist views.