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TIL The racial group most likely to be killed by law enforcement is Native Americans

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yVvWX TIL that Chuck Taylor All-Stars have been around for over 100 years
a8ePL TIL: Before CAD, semiconductor chips were designed and drawn by hand, a process that typically required 7-9 revisions. However, Bill Mench managed to singlehandedly draw the design of MOS 6502 chip (used in the C64 and Atari 2600) without any revisions!
WoL4 TIL the movie Behind Enemy Lines was backward. The downed pilot was rescued with full NATO cooperation and was in fact put into danger by a US general releasing information to the press. The pilot sued Fox over the movie and they settled out of court.
78nOr TIL that Niagra Falls was turned off in 1969