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TIL there is a mineral called Cummingtonite. It is named after the town of Cummington, Massachusetts, rather than being a tongue-in-cheek reference.

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QJRwp TIL of the violent episode of the civil rights movement, the Orangeburg Massacre. On February 8, 1968, a civil rights protest at South Carolina State University turned deadly when 3 young men were killed, 28 people wounded, shot as they fled the assault by law enforcement.
MoJ7 TIL As a kid, Michio Kaku got 400 pounds of transformer steel and 44 miles of copper wire, to create a 6 kilowatt, 10,000 gauss magnetic field on his high school football field. He created a particle accelerator to find antimatter.
j6edM TIL the opposite of Stockholm Syndrome is Lima Syndrome, named after Hostage Takers In Lima, Peru released over 500 of their hostages.
Y7eBP TIL: The freedom towers height is in dedication to America's declaration of independence
m1mkP TIL the prank known in the US as "ding dong ditch" is known in England as "knock down ginger"