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TIL Convicted spy Robert Hanssen frequently visited a stripper to give her gifts in an attempt to convert her to Catholicism

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j9ov TIL of Newton Knight, a Southern Unionist who formed the Knight Company, a band of Confederate Army deserters in Jones County, Mississippi which fought a guerrilla war against the CSA. After the Civil War, he married a former slave and fought the KKK leading an otherwise all black regiment.
MekwA TIL in 1928 women competed in the 800 Meters Olympics for the first time and it was reported by the media to be a complete disaster with women fainting and sobbing hysterically. Women were no longer allowed to compete until 1960. In reality, no one fainted and several beat the existing world record.
NXYv1 TIL the record for the fastest vehicle on water was set in 1978 by Australian Ken Warby. His boat, the Spirit of Australia, reached a speed of 511.11 km/h (317.59 mph). Two official attempts to beat his record have resulted in the death of the pilot.
XE70P TIL about the Fundamental Attribution Error, a concept that describes how we blame others when bad things happen to them, but blame the external situations when bad things happen to us.
pYv08 TIL A Tortoise survived without its head for 23 days