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TIL of the “man will never fly” conspiracy. People who believe that man actually has never flown and are just tricked into believing they are flying.

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69vLQ TIL: FDR, until his death, investigated the Oak Island Mystery. A collection of lost treasure in Canada that has been rumored for centuries. The money pit was said to contain artifacts from the Knights Templar or Captain Kidd. There has been several investors over the years, including John Wayne.
p814e TIL New York City didn't overtake London as the 'Financial Capital of the World' until 2019
5V19r TIL The first time Bobby Kennedy spoke publicly about his brother, President John F. Kennedy's, assassination was while telling a majority-black crowd in Indianapolis that Martin Luther King Jr. had been killed, which is credited with keeping the city calm, while other cities erupted in violence.
oMdY TIL that in 1969, it would have been harder to fake the moon landings then actually landing on the moon
dDwer TIL of "The Twinkie Defense" in the trial of Dan White, who shot Harvey Milk.The Defense claimed that White had suffered "diminished capacity" as a result of depression, a symptom from a change in diet to junk food. White was convicted of "Voluntary Manslaughter" rather than "First-Degree Murder"