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TIL professors of universities during the Vietnam War inflated students' grades in order to help them avoid the draft.

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D0PP TIL Between 1950 and 1965 the US Miltary lost a total of 10 nuclear weapons, primarily in the ocean, which are still missing.
PYn1n TIL that a NYPD officer was killed by Nation of Islam members in a mosque while responding to a fake call for help and the investigation was practically shut down following political pressure from Louis Farrakhan and others.
aDv9 TIL… When Alan Shepard was waiting for liftoff to become the first man in space, a reporter asked him what he was thinking about. He replied “The fact that every part of this ship was built by the low bidder.”
x6ovD TIL during WW2, because of the lack of oil, gas generators were used to allow cars to use wood as fuel in several places such as France, Britain and Finland
D1dvP TIL that NO books, music, films or other copyrighted materials have entered the public domain in the US for 20+ years. That changes January 1st, 2019 -- all works 1st published in the US in 1923 will enter the public domain. It's been 21 years since the last mass expiration of copyright in the U.S.