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TIL Jurassic Park author Michael Crichton was taller than Michael Jordan.

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WkjA TIL J. D. Tippit was a police officer with the Dallas Police who, according to two government investigations, was shot and killed by Lee Harvey Oswald after Tippit stopped Oswald following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Oswald’s initial arrest was for Tippit’s murder, not Kennedy’s
QNeya TIL The US military wasn’t allowed to invade North Vietnam. Resulting in the use of an extreme amount of heavy bombing as effectively the only way to attack the North’s forces within the North.
epg9k TIL: There was a plot to assassinate Jimmy Carter in 1979. The assassins names were Raymond Lee Harvey and his partner Oswald.
4YN TIL 96% of the U.S. Population lives within 20 miles of a Wal-Mart
yQEMX TIL: Despite strong ratings and years of planned additional seasons, the TV series "Gargoyles" was killed because the OJ Simpson trial dragged on for so long and kept pre-empting the series until people weren't sure if it was still airing.