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TIL Joseph Smith ran for president in 1844. Smith had sent letters to the major candidates but all ignored him or did not commit to helping the Latter-day Saints. On 27 June Smith was killed by an angry mob, making him the first American presidential candidate to be assassinated.

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J1JPl TIL For the 1992 VMA Awards- MTV Execs and Nirvana's Band Manager did not want NIrvana to play their song "R*pe Me" due to its content. Kurt Cobain play the first few seconds of the song anyway- only to switch to the originally planned song "Lithium"
OGJ94 TIL that African elephants have been known to bury or assist humans who are dead, sleeping, or injured. A woman once fell asleep under a tree and woke up to find an elephant gently touching her. As more elephants arrived, they covered her with branches. The next morning, she was found unharmed.
Qebk TIL No ancient language had a word for the color blue until the Egyptians and studies suggest early humans may not have been able to distinguish that color at all.
9wkPG TIL that Jim Starlin was paid more in royalties by DC for their use of the KGBeast in BvS, a movie in which the character never wore a comic accurate costume or even called himself KGBeast, than he was by Marvel for Thanos, Nebula, and Gamora in five movies combined.
yQnJ8 TIL the Space Force emblem isn’t copied from Star Trek. The army airforce used the logo as far back as the 1940s. The starfleet logo was influenced by the military, not the other way around.