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TIL that one of the only senators ever assassinated was Leo Ryan who was killed by Jim Jones’s cult members while they were in the process of committing mass suicide. He had come to investigate reports from concerned family members.

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ovpW TIL the first female US Senator served for only 1 day, is the only elected female US Senator from Georgia to date, was the oldest Freshman US Senator ever, and was so racist that she said the more money spent educating blacks, the more crimes they committed.
gj6X TIL British pub signs are so colorful and distinct and were originally created to draw in pre-literate drinkers
aMxJ TIL that life might have existed as early as 15 million years after the Big Bang.
jNZPv TIL the world’s largest populations of tigers exists not in the wild—but in captivity in the United States. With an estimated 5,000 tigers, the U.S. captive tiger population exceeds the approximately 3,200 tigers in the wild.
rA7x TIL In a scene of Hook(1991), there is a couple kissing on a bridge while Tinkerbell is flying over, dropping fairy dust on them and sending them flying. The couple was actually an uncredited cameo by George Lucas, and Carrie Fisher.