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TIL that 17.8% of U.S. Presidents have died while in office

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pYNMb TIL about the 200th Coast Artillery, a New Mexico National Guard unit during World War II. Of the unit's 1,816 men, 829 died during the Philippines Campaign of 1941-1942, the subsequent Bataan Death March, or because of the effects of their captivity
J1OGj TIL about Capablanca chess. Invented in the 1920s by José Raúl Capablanca (world chess champion). It had two new pieces and played on a 10x8 board. He also had a 10x10 board version. Over the years this inspired many more variants.
6EpQw TIL that undercover FBI agent Joseph Pistone led to over 200 indictments and over 100 convictions of Mafia members. The man who introduced Pistone to the Mafia was murdered for having allowed an FBI agent to infiltrate the family; he was shot dead and his hands were cut off.
QJZJd Til of Gwangju Massacre in 1980 where hundred of civilians and students were killed by the dictatorship army.
b6y7j TIL Alfred Nobel (creator of dynamite) is thought to have created the prize after an unflattering obituary naming him the “Merchant of Death.”