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TIL Whitey Bulger was accused of firebombing the house in which John F. Kennedy was born in retaliation for Senator Edward Kennedy's support for school desegregation in September 1975.

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xVlpD TIL Judas has his own Gospel written in Coptic Language, which provides another perspective of the infamous biblical villain (Repost)
49XN TIL that the hotel that inspired Stephen King to write “The Shining” plays the Kubrick film on continuous loop on channel 42 for all guests.
kOwGW TIL the Hawaii state flag has existed in its current form since the islands were a monarchy, and was commissioned by King Kamehameha to resemble both the US and UK flag in order to avoid being dragged by either side into the War of 1812
PY1ww TIL that architects can design a home or building with a glass structure that lets cool air in the bottom and releases warm air at its top. This is known as a solar chimney and works off similar principles of regular fire chimneys
xZM1 TIL The US Government spent 20 years and $20m on an experimental project to test and train telepaths for military use