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TIL that Rod Serling wrote one of "The Twilight Zone" episodes as his reaction to JFK assassination. The episode ends with the news broadcast saying that the sky has turned dark over the street in Dallas; as well as North Vietnam, part of the Berlin Wall and "other places of hate around the world".

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ZRNQ TIL: Humanity First is an international charitable trust that cites efficiencies resulting in over 93% of funds going straight to projects, and the actual aid value delivered is often 50 times greater than the value of donations received.
wopDP TIL that beneath Grand Central Terminal in NYC lies a massive hidden basement called M42, which was once a WWII target. It remained secret for decades and is large enough to fit two football fields, housing key equipment for powering the terminal.
Kona TIL during the Japanese Occupation, a Japanese guard told Lee Kuan Yew to join a group of segregated men. Sensing something was wrong, he asked to go home and take his clothes, which the guard agreed. The men were taken the beach and shot. Lee went on to be one of the Founding Fathers of Singapore.
oB6xL TIL In 1979, Hardline Islamists seized the Grand Mosque in Mecca (the holiest site in Islam) for over 2 weeks resulting in death of hundreds. The coup was led by Mohammed bin Abdullah al-Qahtani who reasoned that the Saudi Monarchy had become corrupt under the influence of Western Infidelic nations.
K7m6 TIL at the 1912 Olympics, a marathon runner quit and went home to Japan without telling officials and was considered a missing person in Sweden for 50 years. In 1966, he was invited to complete the marathon. His time: 54 years, 8 months, 6 days, 5 hours, 32 minutes and 20.379 seconds.