Post * L0GZ — Curious Curator

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TIL that in the 60s there was a spin off of The Black Panther Party called The White Panther Party that won a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in 1972. The court ruled warrantless wiretapping was unlawful under the U.S. Constitution, even in the case where national security was in danger.

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kJ69E TIL Louis Till, father of Emmet Till, also died by hanging 10 years before Emmet during WWII after receiving a Court Marital in Italy

BoWb TIL the President of the World Trade Center Survivors’ Network lied about being on the 78th floor of the south WTC during the attack. She was actually in Spain during 9/11.

Gra1 TIL Frank Whittle, the inventor of the turbojet engine, wrote: “Good thing I was too stupid to know this” on a academic report stating gas turbine aircraft engines were “beyond the realm of possibility”.

l7MLG TIL about composer Claude Vivier’s murder in 1983, which some believe was actually an elaborate suicide. Vivier was stabbed to death by a man he picked up at a bar. Later an unfinished score of Vivier’s was found in which the protagonist Claude is stabbed to death by a man he meets in the subway.

x6NPk TIL the most effective surrender leaflet in WW2 was known as the "Passierschein". It was designed to appeal to German sensibilities for official, fancy documents printed on nice paper with official seals and signatures. It promised safe passage and generous treatment to any who presented it.