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TIL that Captain Planet took on Hitler.

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jkmn TIL Don King killed two men. One he stomped to death because he owed him money, he served less than 4 years in prison.
PYnan TIL Ghandi covered the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics as a news reporter.
b1nN TIL In the 1950’s, during the height of the Red Scare, Einstein offered to appear as a character witness in defense of W.E.B. Du Bois who was being indicted by the feds for failing to register as a “foreign agent.” Einstein’s offer made the judge drop the case.
8vVG TIL That a dinosaur could use its tail like a whip and cause sonic booms (paragraph above skin)
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