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TIL of former Congressman Leo Ryan (D), who was assassinated in the events leading up to the Jonestown Massacare

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VMNM0 TIL that the idea that Hitler survived the Battle of Berlin and moved to South America was started by Joseph Stalin.
ga6X TIL that the test pilot for the first US jet aircraft would wear a gorilla suit while flying the secret prototype, so that other pilots who reported seeing a gorilla flying a propellerless plane wouldn’t be believed
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