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TIL that everything that happened in the flying tank scene in “The A-Team” is plausible.

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rR14M TIL Pope Leo XIII outlined the rights of workers to a fair wage, safe working conditions, and the formation of labour unions, while affirming the rights of property and free enterprise, opposing both Atheistic Marxism and laissez-faire capitalism.
kJr5e TIL Frank Hayes, a Horse Racer, died in the last part of a race from a heart attack and his body remained in the saddle when his horse crossed the finish line, winning the race, and making him the first, and so far only, jockey known to have won a race after death
Z89kv TIL the near-extinction of the American bison was a deliberate plan by the US Army to starve Native Americans into submission. One colonel told a hunter who felt guilty shooting 30 bulls in one trip, "Kill every buffalo you can! Every buffalo dead is an Indian gone.”
bYmj TIL Frank Sinatra’s mother Dolly, ran a an illegal abortion business that provided services for free, from her home; she was arrested several times and convicted twice for this offense.
5YYQr TIL from 1929 to 1934 when the Hays Code began to be enforced, Hollywood made movies that were full of violence, sex, strong female characters, and even homosexuality. One study showed that of the 440 films produced in 1932–33, 352 had "some sex slant"