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TIL the US Supreme Court case Baker v. Carr (which enabled federal courts to intervene in redistricting cases) was so contentious that one of the justices chose to retire for stress-related health reasons without giving an opinion.

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X010k TIL of Commando the war pigeon, who conducted over 90 missions in German-occupied France. He was awarded the Dickin Medal, the highest honour for an animal.
p8Kr4 TIL that James A. Garfield was hired to teach penmanship to the students of Pownal, Vermont after the previous teacher left, that teacher's name? Chester A. Arthur.
P171Z TIL that Tom's Restaurant in NYC (whose exterior is used for Monk's Diner in Seinfeld) also inspired Suzanne Vega's song "Tom's Diner."
d84rK TIL of Mary Jane Rathbun, an elderly hospital volunteer who became known for baking and distributing cannabis brownies to San Francisco AIDS patients in the 1980's.
VMaxQ TIL Abd al-Rahman I family was overthrown from Syria AD750. He escaped to present day Andalusia in Spain and established that “Golden Age” of Western Islam in which Muslims, Jews and Christians lived for an extended period of Convivencia.