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TIL that John Lennon’s mother was killed by an off duty police officer who was never charged

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V6yG TIL Liam Neeson was an Irish amateur boxing champion, a forklift driver for Guinness and dropped out of a degree in computer Science all before the age of 25.
JnPl TIL 26% of American adults DO NOT know that the Earth orbits the sun, 49% think antibiotics kill viruses, 47% believe electrons are larger than atoms, 53% think Lasers work by focusing sound waves, according to a survey done by the National Science Board. Other figures and countries included. (PDF)
LkkPv TIL: Seventy-one Victoria Crosses were awarded to Canadians for their actions in the First World War, and Canadians won sixteen VCs during the Second World War.
9wKL7 TIL that in 1965, the American Nazi Party ran a candidate for governor in Virginia, George Lincoln Rockwell, and he won 1.02% of the vote.
Kona TIL during the Japanese Occupation, a Japanese guard told Lee Kuan Yew to join a group of segregated men. Sensing something was wrong, he asked to go home and take his clothes, which the guard agreed. The men were taken the beach and shot. Lee went on to be one of the Founding Fathers of Singapore.