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TIL of “Operation Flex”, which took place in California in which an FBI informant pretended to be a radical Muslim, the members of the mosque quickly got a restraining order on him and reported him to the FBI.

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AD6Bg TIL Denny's began in 1953 as "Danny's Donuts," then was renamed"Danny's Coffee Shops." After learning there was a local chain called "Coffee Dan's," the founders, neither named Danny or Denny, changed the name to "Denny's Coffee Shops," and later just "Denny's."
yj5p TIL that the murderers of Emmett Till, who was killed on this day in 1955 for whistling at a white woman, gave a full confession detailing the murder to Look Magazine, after they were aquitted of murder by an all white jury.
wLO08 TIL That President George Washington personally led 12,950 men to western Pennsylvania to quell the whiskey rebellion and assert the power of the federal government, one of only 2 sitting presidents to lead an army while in office, the rebels disbanded and fled.
yZxv TIL that 29 days after the Titanic sank, there was a film made about the Titanic. It featured an actress who was actually on the Titanic and survived. By the end, she was so traumatized by reliving the experience, she had a mental breakdown and never acted again.
neBg7 TIL there is a 4hr long version of Airport 77 that aired on TBS in 1978. The TBS version remains unreleased in theaters and home media to this day.