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TIL Nonviolent campaigns are twice as likely to succeed outright as violent insurgencies

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ANpYg Today I Learned (TIL) Rommel risked his own life taking personal colour camera photos of Australian troops storming his own positions with bayonets
AN9bw TIL that Taylor Swift's 2010 song 'Enchanted' was likely about Adam Young of Owl City. He responded with a cover on his blog just before Valentine's Day, addressing her by name in the lyrics and telling her he was "enchanted to meet her, too." Taylor never responded publicly to the cover or post.
Jgjj Today I learned President Bush called for reform of Fannie Mae more than a dozen times, only to be shot down by democrats.
8Wgb TIL William McGonagall, notorious as an extremely bad poet, was said to be “so giftedly bad he backed unwittingly into genius”.
JVjj TIL After almost 40 years, Voyager 1 is less than 19 light-hours into its first light-day from Earth