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TIL You’re Eight Times More Likely to be Killed by a Police Officer than a Terrorist

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BOPk TIL Alaska has filed a bill every year to change Mount McKinley’s name to Denali and saw the move blocked every year by legislators in Ohio, McKinley’s home state.
9ygr TIL Hitler did not learn of the allied D-day landings as they happened but only until he woke up at noon the next day. His staff did not dare wake him up because he had been up til 3am chatting with friends at his residence.
pD9e TIL one of Jupiter’s moon’s, Io, is the driest thing and most geologically active object in the Solar System
vQJR TIL A passenger on a plane was sucked through a window after one of the engines exploded, damaging the aircraft. His remains were discovered 2 years later by a crew building a radio telescope in the desert.
p8yKb TIL that an Indian buffalo racer by the name of Srinivas Gowda allegedly ran 142m in 13.42 seconds, which when converted to the 100m is the equivalent of 9.55 seconds, .03 seconds faster than Usain Bolt.