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TIL that Aaron Swartz is dead for nothing.

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xVX1k TIL in 1966 the US explored dropping a nuclear bomb on Hanoi to end the Vietnam War. One of the biggest concerns by the US was that protests would force Japan to close US military facilities in its country.
NDbE TIL that hitting a punching bag does not produce a cathartic effect: It increases rather than decreases subsequent aggression.