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TIL of Viola Gregg Liuzzo, the only known white woman to be murdered working for the Civil Rights movement.

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Zp0kv TIL about the release of Jonathan Tieu, who broke out of a county Jail while awaiting his trial since the age of 15 for a gang related murder and attempted murder. Despite never having fired any gunshots or being a member of any gang involved in the alleged shooting.
9wb77 TIL that my cake day coincides with the introduction of the Oreo, released by Nabisco on March 6, 1912.
JJV8 TIL MI6 replaced bomb making instructions with cupcake recipes on al-Qaeda websites
6Er5Z TIL that in 1969, Yoko Ono directed the film Self-Portrait, which consisted of a single 42 minute shot of John Lennon’s semi erect penis.
m4eY TIL that according to Hindu mythology, the first avatar of Vishnu was a fish, the second a turtle, the third a boar, the fourth a half man-half lion and from fifth to ninth, human. The tenth avatar will come in the future and destroy the world.