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TIL that Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore renounced his knighthood in 1919 (awarded in 1915), after the British empire fired on a gathering of unarmed men, women and children in Amritsar, India (Jallianwala Bagh massacre) which resulted in the death of over a 1000 civilians.

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P1aL TIL that in 1969, American Indians occupied Alcatraz Island, acting on an old law that granted them the right to reclaim abandoned federal land. They occupied Alcatraz for nearly two years.
1aXDd TIL the hottest place on Earth is the Lut desert of Iran, topping Death Valley, USA and and El Azizia, Libya. Over a seven year study, the hottest recorded temperature was 70.7°C (159.3°F).
gMVQX TIL Julia Louis-Dreyfus made her film debut in a movie about a kid named Harry Potter who discovers he lives in a world of witches and wizards. Julia Louis-Dreyfus played a nymph.
4Ka5 TIL Slovak agriculture scientists grew soy beans in the irradiated zone of Chernobyl to see how they would adapt. The plants adapted within a single generation, producing more protective proteins, including one that is known to help protect human blood from radiation.
X0YgP TIL Napoleon was once attacked by a horde of bunnies during a hunting event: the tame rabbits were released all at once and charged him en masse, mistaking it for feeding time