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TIL that Stephen Colbert's father was the Dean of the Medical School at Yale University

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gkoy TIL that, following the Bloody Sunday massacre in Northern Ireland, the British home secretary, Reginald Maudling, told the House of Commons that British paratroopers had killed 13 civilians in self-defense. Bernadette McAliskey, a Northern Irish MP, walked across the floor and slapped his face.
OoW4g Today I learned that the reason we have muscle cars from the 60's was because NASCAR banned engines that were not in production models so Plymouth in order to keep their big Hemi engines in racing, put them in regular stock vehicles giving us the big horsepower in those 60's hotrods.
n59G TIL Looking at disgusting things prompt selfish, unethical behavior.
vPYJK TIL that Ethan Allen's Green Mountain Boys, famous for the Capture of Fort Ticonderoga, was established to resist New York's attempts to reclaim their land. Allen and his settlers purchased NY-controlled land from New Hampshire. NY branded the settlers outlaws, who then trained to fight back.
DaWV TIL when Ben & Jerry’s was founded they followed a 5 to 1 salary ratio where the highest paid employee could make only 5 times the lowest’s salary.