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TIL in 1966 Playboy sent a black journalist to interview George Lincoln Rockwell, founder of the American Nazi Party. “He took out a pearl-handled revolver, placed it pointedly on the arm of his chair, sat back and spoke for the first time: ‘I’m ready if you are.’”

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NBDQ TIL That North America uses a different paper standard than the rest of the world
rKM1 TIL that Shiro Ishii, a depraved Japanese doctor that conducted countless unethical experiments on Chinese prisoners, was pardoned by the US government in exchange for his research
VMA9B TIL That a man in Florida woke up with a splitting migraine. When he arrives at the hospital, doctors found a bullet in his head. His wife had shot him in the head while he slept.
e0aZn TIL that Rosalind Franklin discovered the double-helix structure of DNA while James Watson, Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins are credited and shared the Nobel Prize in 1962.
nWey7 TIL in 1922 Deputy Prime Minister to Ireland Kevin O'Higgins ordered the execution of Rory O'Connor, who was the best man at his wedding only one year prior.