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TIL Martin Luther King Jr. studied Gandhi and practiced "satyagraha"

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rL7y TIL on March 9-10, 1945, 300 B29 bombers dropped nearly 500,000 cylinders of napalm and petroleum jelly on Tokyo creating a 40-sq-km firestorm that killed over 100,000 and maimed another million. It was the most destructive single bombing in history, including Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombs.
Alba TIL the DEA tried to ban Glowsticks from Raves.
eeD5 TIL that Rod Serling, the creator of The Twilight Zone, saw his friend get decapitated by a supply drop in World War 2. This event would give him inspiration in many of his scripts and stories.
a8N1M TIL Adenosine is an organic compound that, when injected, stops the heart for a few seconds and is used to treat heartbeats, that are too fast (140-250bpm), in effect turning it off an on again.
rjm0 TIL the word “Adrenalin” - which would become genericized as “adrenaline” - is actually a trademarked name for the hormone “epinephrine.”