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TIL That the first person to die in the Boston Massacre, and thereby the first person to die in the American Revolution was an African-American named Crispus Attucks

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N7L0J TIL more of the USS Nimitz UFO incident that the Pentagon declassified. The UFO hit speeds of 42,000 MPH and left the pilots "pretty weirded out". It also appears to show similarities to a second incident in 2014 with the USS Theodore Roosevelt.
ZpEJv TIL that from the 1930s to the late 1980s, Norway had official programs that affected the mobility and personal rights of certain travelling communities.
9wyLM TIL that the movies in the Harry Potter universe have received a total of 14 Academy Award nominations, but only one win. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them won for Best Costume Design.
MeBKm TIL that Kleenex was invented and intended as a paper filter for gas-masks during World-War I.
kOEld TIL The S. Korean gov. has a program that helps pay for US Korean War vets to visit the locations where they fought 70 years ago