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TIL the deaths of C.S. Lewis and Aldous Huxley were largely overlooked because they both died on the same day as John F. Kennedy

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bnD7 TIL that every year in the greek town of Vrontados, two rival church congregations perform a “Rocket War” by firing tens of thousands of home-made rockets across town, with the objective of hitting the bell tower of the church of the other side.
bwoN TIL that Canada still exports mass amounts of Asbestos to developing countries with no safety regulations, and prevents safety regulations being put into place
wno7 TIL the only coup in US history occured in North Carolina in 1898. A mob of white supremacists armed with rifles and pistols marched on City Hall in Wilmington and overthrew the local government, forcing both black and white officials to resign. The leader of the mob was later elected as mayor.
6ERZm TIL George Miller the director and co-creator of the Mad Max series has personally only won 1 Oscar award. Miller won the award for best animated feature for directing Happy Feet. He also directed the sequel to Babe, Babe: Pig in the City.
78VRL TIL about project Cybersyn, an attempt to implement a socialist economy aided by real-time computer processing and pre-internet telecommunication-based coordination in 1970s Chile