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TIL there was a planned military coup at the end of the US Revolutionary War

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dDYYE TIL that when 13-year-old Ryan White got AIDS from a blood donor in 1984, he was banned from returning to school by a petition signed by 117 parents. An auction was held to keep him out, a newspaper supporting him got death threats, and his family left town when a gun was fired through their window.
7KEp TIL the number of syllables in each lyrical phrase of the song Lateralus by Tool correspond with the fibonacci sequence.
P1lBe TIL that the fastest object ever built by humans is NASA's Parker Solar Probe. Built to observe the outer corona of the Sun, the probe set the speed record by traveling at 587,000 km/h (364,660 mph), fast enough to fly from New York to Tokyo in just over a minute.
epn0b TIL that a robot fish invented to mimic the natural predator of the 'mosquitofish' was so effective that it altered their behaviour, physiology and fertility, effectively "scaring them to death".
8rGL TIL that actor and diabetes spokesperson Wilford Brimley has opposed legislation in multiple states banning cockfighting. He also travels to arizona to attend cockfights.