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NpdP TIL: Dorothy Kilgallen died under mysterious circumstances in 1965. She started reporting on UFOs in the 50’s, was extremely critical of the US government, and interviewed Jack Ruby in private, claiming to be “about to blow the JFK case sky high.”
Np7P TIL: Thomas Jefferson invented his “wheel cypher” in the 1790s and a deceptively innovative little device it is. In fact, this machine was so far ahead of its time, it was still in active use in the US military 150 years later at the beginning of WW2.