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TIL in 1969 the FBI and Chicago police drugged and assassinated Fred Hampton, a 21 year old Black Panther leader

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1aP5P TIL of "The Battle of the Words" in 1915 during WW1, where Belgian and German trenches were a mere 45 metres (150 feet) apart, leading to each sides throwing insults at each other all day and night. It eventually became so annoying the Belgian commander forbade his men from talking to the Germans.
oBZBW TIL NASA had detailed plans to get humans to Mars by as early as 1981, but the mission didn't get enough support from the Nixon administration and was shelved.
d8JPK TIL a large portion of legacy carrier airlines in the US outsource their flights to regional ones - for example, in 2011 61% of American, United and Delta flights were handled by regional airlines.
pwDN TIL coffee prevents balding, but you’d have to drink 14 liters of coffee DAILY for it to have any noticeable effect.
W7veX TIL Francis Bacon died of pneumonia he got after stuffing a fowl with snow to prove that the meat can be preserved frozen.