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TIL Last year the US government repealed its ban on domestic propaganda.

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LkjGp TIL - Six Flags used to stage mock Union-spy executions in their Confederate-themed area
PYBkJ TIL that the Brooklyn Dodgers name stems from a nickname given in the 1890s to people who, in a matter of life and death, had to evade railcars speeding down the streets. They were known as trolley dodgers.
EMvd TIL the line “Ideas are peaceful, history is violent” in Fury was ad-libbed by Brad Pitt.
aQ7J TIL friends and family of writer Henery David Thoreau were shocked by his tranquil acceptance of death. When asked on his deathbed if “he had made peace with God” he responded “I did not know we had ever quarreled.”
rR8rM TIL that the dragonfly is arguably the worlds greatest predator to ever exist, having a success rate of up to 97% (Compared to African Lions at 30%) and having no major evolutionary morphology change for around 320 MILLION years, making it one of the most evolutionarily successful animals ever