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TIL The famous author Upton Sinclair was arrested for reading the 1st Amendment in public during a Union meeting supporting strikers. The arresting officer remarked, “We’ll have none of that Constitution stuff.”

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MdNW TIL a mason in 1700’s Jerusalem left his wooden ladder behind after doing some work on a church and now it can’t be moved without the agreement and permission of six different Christian leaders.
NXGK6 TIL as of 2019, the richest 26 people in the world own as much assets as the 3.8 billion people who make up the poorest half of the planet’s population.
Dn4J TIL that despite being a minor background detail, the roaches in Half-Life had AI that would seek out food and react to other creatures and changes in the environment
7r4wr TIL cheese activates the same areas of your brain as cocaine and heroine
N77wJ TIL Romanian dictator Ceaușescu built a huge parliament building in Bucharest, with a big balcony for addressing the people, but was overthrown and killed before completion. The 1st person to use this balcony was Michael Jackson.