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TIL Hitchcock tried to buy every copy of the book Psycho so no one would know how it ended

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YMO7 TIL That Jack Ruby, The Killer of Lee Harvey Oswald, Held A Press Conference In 1965 To State That He Was Part Of A Broader Conspiracy To Overthrow The U.S. Government
VMEMD TIL of the "Ghost Blimp" that floated into Daly, CA with all parachutes and working equipment on board and no sign of the crew
neelY TIL Harvey Milk had an ongoing sexual relationship with a mentally disturbed 16-year old boy
dbg7 TIL of Nobuo Fujita, the only person to ever drop a bomb on the contiguous U.S. He was later invited back to the town he unsuccessfully bombed but carried his family’s 400 y/o sword to commit seppuku if he received a hostile reception. He was greeted warmly, and donated the sword to the town instead
8NgZ TIL that many Cherokee Indians sided and fought with the Confederacy during the American Civil War, both because many were black slave owners themselves and also because they resented the Union for their treatment during the Trail of Tears.