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TIL journalist Ida B. Wells boldly wrote about the evils of lynching in 1892 that "a Winchester rifle should have a place of honor in every black home, and it should be used for that protection which the law refuses to give."

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6EJkX TIL a study found that Ellen DeGeneres and Kim Kardashian rank among the highest for fake followers on social media, nearly 50%.
jN4KR TIL that Marvin Gaye died in April of 1984 after being shot twice in the chest. Marvin had tried to break up a fight between his parents when Marvin's father pulled out a .38 Smith & Wesson, a Christmas gift from Marvin to his father from the year before, and fatally shot his son.
kbYm TIL Oxana Malaya was abandoned at the age of 3 and raised by dogs. When she was found (8) she walked on four, barked, and completely behaved like a dog.
Z8Lx4 TIL: Solid blocks of gutta percha have been washing up on European beaches since 2012. The most likely source is from the Miyazaki Maru, a Japanese ocean liner that was sunk during WWI by the same U-boat captain who sunk the Lusitania.
QJW6L TIL of Gillian McKeith, a self-declared nutritionist who has appeared on mainstream UK television presenting herself as a doctor with a PhD despite having no medical qualifications, and has also said misleading things regarding illegal products she sold.