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TIL a common information misdirection tactic of the CCCP was to bring up individual racial prejudices in the US whenever they were criticized for their human rights violations on a national scale

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LkKJm TIL the United States Senate used the same gavel from 1789-1954, until then Vice President, Richard Nixon, broke it during a particularly heated debate on nuclear energy.
awBGL TIL that Andrè the Giant,while drunk in New York City, fell on a man,seriously hurting him. Afterwards ,the NYPD sent undercover cops to tail him when he was in the city to avoid such incidents
j6Kbn TIL Hexagons are the best shape for bees to build their honeycombs, because they save wax and space. Unlike circles or triangles, hexagons fit together without gaps and have the largest area for the smallest perimeter. This means bees can store more honey with less wall material.
8a5Xa TIL Samuel Johnson, of Dictionary fame, had a beloved black cat, Hodge. A statue of Hodge, sitting atop a dictionary, is outside Johnson's house in London, now a museum. Johnson admitted he had better cats, but described Hodge as "a very fine cat indeed," the inscription at the base of the statue.
AeEn TIL Steve Job may have survived if he had sought scientifically proven medical treatments earlier rather than the alternative remedies and juice cleanses that he tried first.