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TIL that Jehovah's Witnesses were banned in Australia

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X0wwE TIL Most climbers complete the round trip to the summit of Mount St Helens in seven to twelve hours. Climbers can go to the crater rim while entry into the volcanic crater is strictly prohibited
e0Jgb TIL MLK was stabbed at a book signing. A team of doctors removed a seven-inch letter opener from his chest.
J1m8j TIL In 1934, a widespread rumor claimed that a worker with leprosy was employed in the Chesterfield cigarette factory in Virginia. This led to fears that smoking Chesterfields could cause you to contract leprosy. It's origin was never determined, and it took a decade for the sales to fully recover
5VoQ9 TIL a Chinese man was thought to have died from a lightning strike until his body exploded at his cremation. A piece of metal was found leading to the discovery that a weather rocket, meant to break up hail, had failed to explode & had fallen through the man's roof acting like a bullet, killing him.
peb8 TIL:Sophie Scholl was a German woman executed by the Nazis for distributing anti-Nazi pamphlets.Her last words were: “How can we expect righteousness to prevail when there is hardly anyone willing to offer themselves up individually for a righteous cause? Such a fine, sunny day, and I have to go.”