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TIL the longest filibuster in US history (a process of delaying a bill passing by speaking in the Senate until you want to stop) was over 24 hours (24 hours and 18 minutes). This was an attempt to delay The Civil Rights Act of 1957.

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p8G8N TIL of Johann Elser, a German carpenter who almost killed Adolf Hitler and most of the top Nazi leaders shortly before the outbreak of WWII. He worked alone to construct and plant a bomb that went off just 13 minutes too late. He was a Christian motivated by a sense that millions would soon die.
Vdgp TIL that Bell distributed a manual cardboard computer to high school students in 1968 to teach them how computers work
M7QMb TIL the oldest known Earth rock was not discovered on Earth, but was a meteorite found on the moon
XKvD TIL the first and last British soldiers that died in WWI are, by coincidence, buried 15 feet away from each other.
69vom TIL Pope John Paul II loved Doc Martens boots so much he gave 100 pairs to Swiss Guards in the Vatican.