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TIL nonviolent resistance movements are twice as likely to achieve their goals as violent ones, due in large part to their greater potential to elicit mass participation.

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4kkRX TIL About retired South Korean boxer Byun Jung-il who lost his bantam weight match at the Seoul Olympics in 1988. Upset by the loss he refused to leave the ring for over an hour to the point that officials turned out the lights in the auditorium until he left.
LbNv TIL NFL football offensive lineman John Urschel has been published in several complex mathematics journals.
Bpky TIL That while the Westboro Baptist Church surrounded and protested a military funeral for a homosexual man, the KKK surrounded them and protested against the Westboro Church.
1aQD4 TIL that professional cyclists pee while cycling to save time, but are fined if it is in front of spectators or cameras.
nWG89 TIL Mozart, Lenin and Hitler were all regulars at the very same bar