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TIL a memorial to faithful slaves was installed in 1900 in Fort Mill, SC.

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PYdRG TIL that satellites in the 1960s used nuclear radiation for power by radioisotope thermoelectric generators. However, in 1964 such a satellite disintegrated and spread approx. 1 kg of radioactive plutonium-238 over the planet. This failure led NASA to develop solar PV energy technology.
N7aeP TIL There is a pornographic parody of the Seinfeld " Soup Nazi" episode
69LGJ TIL Winslow Homer had no formal training as an artist. He was largely self-taught and learned much of his craft through his work as a commercial illustrator and through independent study.
yQlep TIL that 80 years ago in this day Georg Esler tried to kill Hitler with a time bomb. For climate reasons Hitler left the building early than expected and the bomb exploded only 13 minutes after his departure. Everything could have been different.
gr0b4 TIL In 1910, a Spanish shepherd named José María Grimaldos López disappeared. Two men, León Sánchez and Gregorio Valero, confessed to his murder under torture and spent 12 years in prison. In 1926, Lopez returned home, alive and well. He had been living in a village 70 miles away the entire time.