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TIL In 2002, the FBI was forced to pay environmental activist Judi Bari $4 million dollars after they found her critically injured from a car bomb during an assassination attempt and then immediately arrested her by falsely claiming she had put the bomb inside her own car.

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vlOj TIL Neerja Bhanot, an Indian flight, attendant hid the passports of American passengers on board a hijacked flight to save them from the terrorits. She died while attempting to help passengers escape, shielding three children from a hail of bullets.
R7VVj TIL: In Back to the Future, the theatre in the background behind the clock tower shows "Orgy American Style" being shown. This is an actual porno from 1973. The male star from that porno played Red the Bum in the film, calling Marty a crazy drunk driver when returns to the present.
Zp4Ga TIL controversy was created in 2011 when a Spanish toy company exported the Breast Milk Baby Doll to the US. The doll, intended to teach girls nurturing skills, came with a halter top which had two sensors that girls would wear to imitate the act of breastfeeding the doll. Some parents were outraged
BpjD TIL Pope Francis is against Catholics partaking in communion if they vote for women’s reproductive rights. Even if that person is a medical professional.
JYAOj TIL in 2015 Forbes named Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes the youngest and wealthiest self-made female billionaire in America based on a $9 billion valuation of her company. Yet within a year, following revelations of potential fraud about its claims, Forbes revised her net worth to zero dollars.