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TIL Actor who played Crabbe in Harry Potter was imprisoned for two years because of his participation in the 2011 England Riots

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Z8Nwo TIL in 1927, during the worst flood in the history of the Mississippi River Valley, Herbert Hoover and the Red Cross set up "concentration camps" comprised of African Americans forced to work at gunpoint on the levee, and created a media campaign to cover it up.
oBKrL TIL the underbelly membrane of lobsters is the toughest material of all natural hydrogels, including collagen, animal skins, and natural rubber. The membrane is about as strong as industrial rubber composites, such as those used to make car tires, garden hoses, and conveyor belts.
M74Z0 TIL that the US State Department recommends drafting a will if you plan to travel to Somalia.
0wOKM TIL about Ahlam Tamimi, who planned a bombing at a pizza shop in Israel & drove the bomber there, killing 15 people incl. 7 children & a pregnant women; injuring 130 including a young mother still in a coma. Today Tamimi is a celebrity talk-show host in Jordan & has said she "would do it again"
xVZRg TIL Nick Mason from Pink Floyd has raced in the 24 Hours of Le Mans five times. However, he only managed to finish two of these races.