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TIL that the author of "Over the River and Through the Wood" (the Thanksgiving poem) was a leading abolitionist, women's rights activist and Native American rights activist, Lydia Maria Child.

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JlNl TIL that a politician in Japan was assassinated by yakuza shortly after he announced an investigation into millions of dollars of off-the-book spending. No other politican has resumed his investigation.
LQ5ar TIL the 2010 song Barbra Streisand by Duck Sauce was based on the 1979 song Gotta Go Home by Boney M. The Boney M Song was actually based on the 1973 song Hallo Bimmelbahn by the German band Nighttrain. The wooing vocal sound is meant to sound like a train.
YpVPA TIL Masturbation was frequently reported as Cause of Death for soldiers during the (American) Civil War. At the time, “the solitary vice” was thought to cause physical decay, insanity, and death.
4XL4o TIL that a Harley washed up onshore in Haida Gwaii, British Columbia after being swept away in the 2011 Japanese Tsunami. It was sent back to Japan to be restored by Harley-Davidson and returned to its owner. He instead opted it be placed in a museum as a memorial to the victims of the disaster.
LRgr TIL The only person to ever create 3 companies to go public on the New York stock exchange was a trucker who only got into it because his family could not afford to send him to college. He ended up creating the entire shipping container industry, as well as the ships that carry them. Malcom McLean.