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TIL that President John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, and Robert F. Kennedy (who had just announced a presidential bid) were all assassinated within less than five years of each other.

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P1Olw TIL Mayor Richard J. Daley presented the bluegill fish to then-crown prince of Japan, Akihito, in 1960 as a gift from the city of Chicago. The prince donated the fish to fishery research agencies in Japan but they escaped and became an invasive species. Emperor Akihito apologized in 2007.
0wlYy TIL that George R.R. Martin continued to use his DOS word processor WordStar4 from the 1980s until 2011
mxK9P TIL in 1911, a "witchcat" appeared near Pottsville PA. It caused hens to crow like rooster and pigs to bark like dogs. Thomas Howell, the man who saw it, died along with eight cows and horses, the deaths attributed to a hex. The family crafted a golden bullet to shoot the cat and break the hex.
G884 TIL that in Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night,” a character recognizes a woman’s handwriting by saying “Her c’s, her u’s, and her t’s!”, subtly spelling out the word “cunt” (“and” = n), hence the next line, “And thus she makes her great p’s!” (“pees”)
wLgnJ TIL motion sensor data (accessible without user permission in iOS and Android) can reveal your health condition, body features, age, sex, emotional state, biometric identity, driving style, smoking behaviour, intoxication, text typed on the touchscreen, and location — even when GPS is disabled.