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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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9YOWX TIL that Hans Zimmer produced and composed the song "Big And Chunky" from Madagascar 2
XEvZ8 TIL that in ancient Rome, clairvoyants acted as civil servants. Augures, or auspices, interpreted the signs of birds to determine whether the gods favoured everything from elections, wars, even whether or not to hold certain ceremonies. Nothing could move forward without the auspices approval.
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