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TIL of an organization called the National Lawyers Guild. The NLG can deploy a team of Legal Observers to a protest or demonstration. They act as a source of legal advice for protesters, and “may serve as a deterrent to unconstitutional behavior by law enforcement.” Look for their green hats!

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N7wmJ TIL that there is a an abandoned Atlas missile silo from the 1960s that you could buy for only $750,000 in the Adirondacks that comes with a house, acres of woodland, and an airstrip!
VMGvG TIL of the first English teacher in Japan — Ranald MacDonald. A bank clerk turned sailor, he taught 14 samurai English while he was held as prisoner.
5YR9 TIL on July 10, 1947, Senator Glen Taylor said: “I almost wish the flying saucers would turn out to be space ships from another planet, because the possibility of hostility would unify the people of the earth as nothing else could.”
nGnG TIL there has not been a cat species extinction in 10,000 years.
Vg1Z TIL I learned that a young twenty-something year old CEO took over a $9M company, fired 2/3rd of all managers and gave the power to the employees. Now it has a turnover of over $200m.