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TIL on 1971, the WLBT TV station in Mississippi had its license revoked for biaised coverage of the Civil Rights movement, cutting pro-Civil Rights materiel because of "Cable Trouble from New York" while allowing reporters to use racial slurs and carrying the "Citizens’ Council Forum"

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d1l7 TIL Indian Soldiers were abandoned to die as per the official orders at Dunkirk but Colonel Ashdown of The Royal Indian Army Service Corps disobeyed the order and saved the Indian Soldiers for which he was court martialled.
kJB1B TIL Tommy Lee Jones sells coffee in Japan
VMyN0 TIL: John Hinckley Jr. the man who tried to assassinate Ronald Regan was basically released from the mental hospital last year having been classified as in complete remission.
vagK TIL that Bill Gates decided to quit Facebook after being bombarded by friend requests.
0d7r1 TIL one of the fastest operational aircraft in the world in 1941 had an airframe constructed mostly of wood