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TIL Helen Keller was a co-founder of the ACLU.

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ADejw TIL the IRA tried to kill the UK Cabinet in 1991 by launching 3 mortar shells at 10 Downing Street from a specially modified Ford Transit van. One missed by 30 yards. Had any of the shells hit the target, it's likely the entire UK cabinet would have been killed
KyP4 TIL that “Unabomber” Ted Kacynzski is still writing from his prison cell scholarly articles with hundreds of citations
XEJJr TIL Muhammad Ali lost his heavyweight title, got his passport revoked and faced a five-year prison term for not wanting to join the US Army in the Vietnam War. "I ain't got no quarrel with those Vietcong," he said. "They never called me n****r."
dDYO8 TIL that in 2014, the beard of Tutankhamun's golden mask fell off during cleaning at the Egyptian Museum. Workers used epoxy glue to reattach it, causing permanent damage and leading to their prosecution in 2016.
7pr TIL that a platypus hunts via electricity and has 80 different kinds of venomous toxins.