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TIL that because of a misunderstanding over the phrase "Cover me!", US Marines (working with the LAPD) shot over 200 bullets into a house while attending to a domestic dispute during the L.A riots in 1992.

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P1J4J TIL about Sikh Nation - the largest blood donation campaign run by Canadian Sikhs to commemorate the tragic loss of thousands of lives in India’s anti-Sikh genocide in 1984. It has saved more than 160,000 lives and spread to 27 communities across the country since it began in 1999.
yMle TIL that Southern sweet tea was originally used to show wealth, as tea, ice, and sugar were all very expensive at the time.
lo0l1 TIL that TGI Fridays dropped the 'button flairs' from the waiting staffs' uniforms due to popularity of the movie Office Space in which Jennifer Aniston's character quits her job due to frustration with the flairs
X5KX TIL Merriweather Lewis of Lewis and Clark fame committed suicide (brutally) a few years after their expedition and that in some circles it’s believed to have been a murder
Lkba9 TIL Osama Bin Laden was an Elephant that went on a two year rampage killing 27 people