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TIL that the white guy (Peter Norman) on the podium during the Black Power salute (by John Carlos and Tommie Smith) in ‘1968 was basically banned for life for defending them.

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Y7mo7 TIL: A wealthy stock trader was sentenced in 2017 after a man he hired to dig a secret tunnel to a nuclear bunker died a fiery death. He made him wear blackout glasses, spoofed the wifi, and lowers a bucket for his tunnel guy to relieve himself for days at a time to keep the location secret.
M70PB TIL: In 2013 a group in California were genetically engineering plants to glow in the dark and hoping to replace streetlights
M7ORA TIL about the Doppler On Wheels network where mobile Doppler radar trucks are used to collect data in snowstorms, in hurricanes, close to tornadoes, and other severe weather events
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