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TIL Police kill 8x more American Citizens than Terrorists

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ZKWa TIL that Wikipedia had to ban IP’s from Congress to stop them from changing each other’s entries.
mdAy TIL the native americans planted three sisters (corn, beans, and squash) together so that they would benefit eachother. The corn provides a structure for the beans to climb. The beans provide the nitrogen to the soil, and the squash spreads along the ground preventing weeds.
PbZg TIL that in Soviet Russia, due to strict censorship of music, there was a black market for Beatles records that had been etched onto used x-ray film. Some would sell for an entire month’s salary. The records earned the name “music on the bones.”
ep5oE TIL that in May 1969, California’s National Guard was called in to violently clear protesters at UC Berkeley’s People’s Park, resulting in bloodshed and a governor who said “If it takes a bloodbath, let’s get it over with.”
aw08Z TIL Steven Russell escaped from prison by using laxatives to fake the symptoms of AIDS. He then called the prison, posing as a doctor, asking for prisoners interested in an experimental treatment, and volunteered. Once out of Texas, he sent a death certificate to the prison stating he had died.