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TIL John Steinback’s dog ate an early manuscript of “Of Mice and Men”

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MA0W TIL unarmed citizen crime patrollers called the Guardian Angels - set up to fight subway crime in NYC in 1979 - faked incidents with “muggers” and “rapists” in order to gain publicity.
MeAla TIL that the there is video of the man (known colloquially as "Tank Man") temporarily halting the advance of tanks into Tiananmen Square. Today marks the 30th anniversary of this incident.
0wggL TIL in 2010 the Navy spent $14 million to alter the appearance of a San Diego naval building that resembles a Nazi swastika. After the project was completed in 2016, it still looked like a swastika.
M7ovV TIL the CEO of AMD (Lisa Su) is the cousin of Nvidia CEO and Co-Founder (Jensen Huang).
7rZA7 TIL That there is a Scottish nurse that can detect Parkinson's disease through smell with an accuracy of 91%.