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TIL that Palestinian-American activist Alex Odeh was killed in California by a bomb. Three suspects linked with the Jewish Defense League fled to Israel before they could be arrested.

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ZeYa TIL that according to scientists, all of the mosquitoes in the world could probably be killed off with minimal permanent ecological damage.
4XYVw TIL that the American Nazi Party erected a hidden monument in honor of executed Nazis In Washington DC.
8akZZ TIL that old physics textbooks are wrong about the Tacoma Narrows bridge collapse. It wasn't due to resonance, but aeroelastic flutter
ep9G4 TIL Bernie Ecclestone (former head of F1) is among the oldest known fathers in the world. His first son was born when he was 89. Enrique Iglesias' grandfather has him beat though - his last child was born when he was 90.
nQEW TIL the original Baby Ruth candy company claimed the bar wasn’t named after Babe Ruth so they could avoid paying him royalties. They later shut down a rival candy bar that was actually approved by Ruth to use his name on the grounds the names were too similar.