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TIL cult leader Jim jones was once a civil rights leader

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9YXmB TIL: The reason behind the sky appearing blue and the sun appearing yellow is the same
X0GyP TIL the most common sources of microplastics in the Earth's waters are microfibers; the kind found in bedding, moisture-wicking apparel, cleaning wipes, and other textiles
GYxNJ TIL that the Soviets won the battle of Stalingrad by breaching Nazi flanks and attacking the Stalingrad from behind. The name of this operation? Operation Uranus.
8eLW8 TIL an artificial heart is only temporary, implanted to keep patients alive until they can receive a heart transplant
d8YOd TIL that a 1950s and 60s Greenwich Village street poet named Big Brown had an enormous influence on Kerouac and the Beats, Bob Dylan, and proto-Hip Hop with Rudy Ray Moore (Dolemite) and The Last Poets. Dylan referred to his poems as "the best poetry I ever heard".