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TIL One of the more plausible theories regarding JFK's assassination is that he was accidentally shot by a Secret Service agent reacting to Lee Harvey Oswald but fell down with an AR-15 in his hand when the follow-car he was in jolted forward

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6mKJ TIL Russia is opening a “Military Disneyland” that will allow guests to shoot military grade weapons and try out various military simulators.
0d7v1 TIL in addition to the legendary last stand of Leonidas and his 300 Spartans, many significant battles were fought at Thermopalyae. The most recent being a clash between ANZAC Forces & Germany during WW2. Today, the hallowed field is a quick stop off a major highway in Greece.
xVw17 TIL that despite 12 Angry Men being a great film, actions of Juror 8 conducting outside research on the knife and speculating about women's vision would have led to a mistrial by the letter of the law.
5VQM9 TIL the human body consumes and produces its weight in ATP every day.
OG7XL TIL Cambodia is probably the only country in the world that went from monarchy to communism and then back to monarchy