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TIL that on September 8th 1935, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, senator Huey Long was assassinated by Carl Weiss. Years later, the case was reopened, and it was revealed that senator Long was accidentally shot to death by his bodyguards, who opened fire on Carl Weiss when he pulled out his gun.

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Z8wea TIL the oldest known living terrestrial animal in the world is a tortoise named Jonathon, aged 187. He is two years away from reaching the age of the all-time verified record holder for the world's oldest tortoise, according to Guinness World Records.
rNr90 TIL about Vizeadmiral Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière. The most successful U-boat captain in history. During WW1 he sank 194 ships with a tonnage of 453,716 GRT. He rarely used torpedoes, favouring his 8.8cm deck gun. He made an effort to allow crews to evacuate before sinking their ship.
Noe6 TIL of Emmett Till, a 14-year-old who was lynched in Mississippi in 1955 after flirting with a white woman. His killers were acquitted of the crime and later admitted to the murder. Till’s mother had an open-casket funeral to display the injustice, helping spur the civil rights movement.
a8lEZ TIL that After the 2018 FIFA World Cup Final, over 550,000 fans flooded the streets of Zagreb to welcome home the Croatia national football team—making it the largest public gathering in Croatia’s history, even though they finished as runners-up.
dDx1r TIL Ireland is the most successful country in the Eurovision Song Contest -- Prior to 2022, Ireland has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest fifty-three times since 1965, winning a record seven times