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TIL Little Caesars and Detroit Tigers owner Mike Ilitch quietly paid Rosa Park’s rent for more than a decade, after she was robbed in her home and forced to move to a safer, but more expensive part of Detroit

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dwld TIL - The CIA Has Officially Admitted To Overthrowing Seven Foreign Governments : Guatemala 54’ - Congo 60’ - Dominican Republic 61’ - S.Vietnam 63’ - Brazil 64’ - Chile 73’
LQVod TIL that the 1963 hit song "I Will Follow Him" was recorded by fourteen-year-old Peggy March. She had just turned fifteen when it went to #1 on the Billboard chart. Peggy still holds the record for the youngest female artist with a #1 Billboard hit.
OoVgL TIL that Joyce Brothers, the first person to win the eponymous grand prize on "The $64 000 Question" in 1955, was not actually supposed to win. The producers deliberately gave her difficult questions believed to be beyond her abilities as a woman, but Joyce answered them anyways.
VMNwB TIL about the 1980 Mundialito or “Little World Cup” hosted by Uruguay in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the first World Cup tournament. Uruguay won.
b9eVZ TIL that Ted Kaczynski, the Unabomber, participated in a psychological study as a teenager. Subjects had their beliefs attacked by a "personally abusive" attorney. Their faces were recorded, and their expressions of rage were played back to them repeatedly. Kaczynski logged 200 hours in the study.