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TIL that the first Grand Wizard of the KKK, Nathan Bedford Forrest, tried to disband the group after he thought that they had become too violent.

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QJxJ6 TIL that hummingbirds build nests near and below hawk nests because their predators are scared of the hawks and tend to avoid hawk nests. Survival rates are higher for eggs laid in a cone-shaped area near/below hawk nests
l7o45 TIL of Thomas Chapple, a 19th century sailor, who is believed to have contributed to the near-extinction of two species after lighting a fire as a prank.
DQDNY TIL that the original Bozo the Clown(1946) Pinto Colvig, had a son, Vance Colvig Jr., who landed the job of Bozo in the first local TV station to franchise the character in 1959.
6EXgm TIL that George Tunney was executed via electric chair when he was 14 in 1944 only to have his conviction vacated 70 years later
6EPA7 TIL in 2005 a 73-year-old Kenyan man killed a leopard with his bare hands by ripping its tongue out