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TIL Karl Marx seriously considered moving to Texas in his twenties

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yVj68 TIL that in Italy, a judge sentenced scientists to prison for not correctly predicting an earthquake and warning the public
P1lbZ TIL that if you get both triple letters on one word in scrabble, you multiply the score for the word by 9, known as the triple-triple
nYMY TIL the scientific adviser to the 2014 film Interstellar spent two weeks talking Christopher Nolan out of having a character travelling faster than the speed of light, as it defies the laws of physics
W71Xo TIL of Rupert Trimmingham, a Black US soldier serving in WW2 who in 1944 wrote a letter to an Army-run magazine about being refused service in a Louisiana restaurant while German PoWs were served inside, sparking support from other soldiers and contributing to the 1948 integration of the US military