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TIL The British have killed more Hong Kong protestors than the CCP.

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RJA4 TIL in 1933 America’s most decorated Marine, General Smedley Butler, told the House of Representatives that wealthy businessmen tried to recruit him in a coup to overthrow President Roosevelt and install a fascist government.
8a48K TIL NASA tried to get Big Bird to go on a space shuttle mission to inspire kids, and he would have died if he did (in the Challenger space shuttle disaster).
gMPrX TIL that Spongebob Squarepants’ pet, Gary the Snail’s real name is Gerard Wilson Jr. Gary the Snail’s father happens to be a brother of Herb Star, Patrick Star’s father, making Gary the Snail and Patrick Star first cousins.
nemxW TIL the rights to Back to the Future are entirely owned by the director, Robert Zemeckis, who has pledged for there to never, ever be a remake in his lifetime
xVXv5 TIL Congress has set out a bill to stop the FCC from taking away our Internet. PLEASE SPREAD THIS AS MUCH AS YOU CAN!