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TIL In the 50’s, the CIA tried to assassinate Fidel Castro by slipping an exploding cigar into his private supply

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nJ8W TIL that King George V was “euthanized” against his knowledge by his doctor, who injected him with morphine and cocaine to kill him. The doctor did this to make sure the King’s death would be in the morning paper and not a “lesser” publication
JYNJB TIL that in 1969, Woodstock ran out of food after its first day and relied upon donations from the largely conservative residents of Sullivan County, New York to feed 400,000 hungry hippies
v5P8 TIL: According to the FBI, in 2012 black Americans committed 44% of all murders despite being only 12.61% of the US population. A white American is 223% more likely to be murdered by a black American than a black American is to be murdered by a white American.
5k1r TIL that a Teri Horton, a bargain hunter, bought a $5 painting at a thrift shop. The painting was an original Jackson Pollock and is worth $50 Million.
5V8pk TIL about Dr. Mike Bingham, a conservationist who was fired for reporting an 80% penguin decline. He was harassed by the government, sued them for human rights abuses, and won in the Supreme Court.