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TIL A language teacher volunteered to teach troubled black high school students French in Watts, California after the race riots. The principal warned him he would “be sorry” but within a few weeks students were speaking to each other in French

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B4vx TIL that during American Civil War some soldier’s wounds glowed blue; soldier’s whose wounds glowed had a better chance of surviving, and so the glow was called “Angel’s Glow”. Now it is known that the luminescence is due to bacteria that produce antibiotics and that live in nematodes
v1Bg7 TIL Jeffery Dahmer's 1st murder was committed just 3 weeks after graduating H.S. in 1978. The murder of Steven Mark Hicks wouldn't come to light until the 1990's after Dahmer had murdered 16 more people and was finally in police custody.
e0WDD TIL Ironbridge, a town in England, takes its name from an iron bridge named The Iron Bridge.
kQVB TIL: A Paris shooting survivor sued a TV station for giving away his location during the shooting
n5jb TIL In 1965 an engine exploded on a 707 taking 1/3rd of the wing with it but was able to land safely. When another 707 was sent to pick up all the passengers its nose gear collapsed on landing. A 3rd 707 was then sent to pick up any remaining passengers who still trusted planes at this point.