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TIL Of a white woman murdered by the KKK for driving black protesters home and then the FBI disparaged her name to cover up involvement of one of its informants.

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7rM4P TIL Essential Oils are not 'essential' or indispensible for the human body (like essential amino acids and essential fatty acids). The word 'essential' in Essential Oils simply means it contains the essence of the plant's fragrance.
wk5W TIL Axl Rose brutally beat and hospitalized his girlfriend, Erin Everly, on numerous occasions. He also, brought a gun when asking her to marriage threatening to kill himself had she declined.
KK89 TIL of Hans Island, a tiny uninhabited Arctic island claimed by both Canada & Denmark. Traditionally, Canadian expeditions leave behind a bottle of whiskey for the Danes, while Danish sailors leave Aquavit.
0dX6j TIL that Fyodor Dostoevsky was once mock executed and that he processed the event in his novel „The idiot“
a0d0 TIL that the 2012 Olympics had the biggest military buildup in London Since World War II.