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TIL In 2009, The Sun attacked Gordon Brown for misspelling the name of a soldier killed in Afghanistan, but in doing so misspelled the name themselves

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p8PWN TIL I learned about the Greensboro massacre, where KKK and Nazi party members opened fire on on crowd protesting the Klan. The media filmed the massacre and aired it on national television however no one was ever convicted.
jm6v TIL Katherine Hepburn only drank water throughout The African Queen production as a protest of Humphrey Bogart’s alcoholism. However, most of the cast and crew became sick from the water and only Bogart was unaffected because he only drank whiskey. Thank you r/movies
D1NlV TIL the McIlhenny Company is one of just a few U.S. companies to have received a royal warrant of appointment that certifies the company as a supplier to Queen Elizabeth II. The warrant held is "Supplier of Tabasco HM The Queen – Master of the Household – Granted in 2009".
p8edZ TIL in 1958, a white girl kissed two African American boys, aged 9 and 7, on the cheeks. The two boys were arrested, detained for 6 days without access to their parents or legal counsel, and were severely beaten by the police. The boys were detained for a total of 3 months.
OjjX TIL on Halloween in 1919, kids broke windows, overturned garbage cans, rushed street cars and burnt down a barn and the police responded by negotiating with teenagers, re-righting garbage cans and making sure all kids went home to bed. No arrests were made.