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TIL In 2000 Rage Against the Machine performed a free concert outside the Democratic Convention in protest of the two party system. It was controversially dispersed with rubber bullets and tear gas.

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ANP8B TIL of the Association of Persecutees of the Nazi Regime which was accused of spying for the west in East Germany and of being a communist front organization in West Germany.
e0MEE TIL that white cats with blue eyes are usually deaf. This condition is called "Congenital sensorineural deafness in cats" and quite common.
en7g TIL Dante Alighieri author of The Divine Comedy died a few hours after writing the final lines of paradise the third section of The Divine Comedy
J11m8 TIL - The Airbus A380 has flown on 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel made from cooking oil and waste fats. The flight lasted 3 hours and used only 1 engine.
DPEJ TIL psychiatrist Leon Eisenberg, “scientific father of ADHD” said seven months before his death in his last interview: “ADHD is a prime example of a fictitious disease”