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TIL of Johnathan Ayers, the minister murdered by a Georgia drug task force unit in 2009 while he was giving $23 to a woman who was about to be evicted.

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QJb89 TIL that Anne Frank was in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp at the same time as two of her pre-war friends. These two friends, Hanneli Goslar and Nanette Blitz, survived the Holocaust and are still alive today.
8e7MP TIL Gouverneur Morris, one of the Founding Fathers, died after he had caused himself internal injuries and an infection while using a piece of whalebone as a catheter in an attempt to clear a blockage in his urinary tract.
jXAN TIL The Seaside Inn in Kennebunkport, Maine has been in continuous operation under the Gooch family since 1667, making it one of the oldest companies in the United States. The inn is currently owned by the twelfth generation descendants.
Brkrr TIL Nasa hasn't built any spacesuits since 1974. They've been reusing the same suits for 50 years, and currently only have 4 in operation.
JWW8 TIL more than 40 years of original Cracked magazine archives had to be destroyed due to possible contamination after the anthrax attacks of 2001.