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TIL that President Richard Nixon considered pardoning himself at the height of the Watergate scandal.

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NX7XE TIL that the movie Twelve O'Clock High (1949), which features real footage of bomber combat from WWII, is still used today by military academies to teach principles of organizational leadership.
E1x8V TiL: During the Columbine shooting SWAT teams remained outside of the school while Klebold and Harris roamed the halls murdering students, they didn't enter until 3 hours after the two took their own lives.
BrDJr TIL a 31 yr. old man was diagnosed with a fractured cervical spine caused by virtual reality gaming due to rapid movement and the headset weight. Visual stimulus removed the brains awareness of perceived threat to self harm allowing increased rotation of the spine.
Gk6J TIL Pink Floyd’s “Another Brick In The Wall” was banned on this day in 1980 from South Africa because it had “become the anthem of a national strike of more than 10,000 "coloured” (mixed) students and their white supporters.“
yQDWw TIL that in 1986 there was a midair collision in LA county similar to the one depicted in Season 2 of Breaking Bad, in which the ATC’s name was Walter White