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TIL Jim Jones was an advocate for racial equality, racially integrating his church in the 1950s and working with civil rights leaders, before leading over 900 of his followers to their deaths in the Jonestown massacre.

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1arlV TIL that lab analysis of Mexican Coca Cola shows it contains no sucrose i.e. "real sugar" and instead has a blend of fructose and glucose similar to US coke
Rjjj TIL “Spirit Halloween” shops that pop up around Halloween are owned by Spencer Gifts and make up nearly half of the company’s revenue in the two months they’re open each year.
b9WZ7 TIL Maria Oktyabrskaya, whose husband was killed in 1941, sold her possessions to fund a T34 tank, piloted said tank called The Fighting Girlfriend and received Soviet military honours for killing Nazis
kLG4 TIL Isla Kock also known as the “The Bitch of Buchenwald” was a Nazi who was known for her sadistic abusive methods towards her prisoners in which she often killed them and had them skinned alive to use to make items such as Lamp Shades. The Purse she proudly carried around was made from human skin
Oo6MR TIL the CIA, FBI, & other Govt agencies still use Polygraph tests for screening employees despite no supporting scientific evidence of their effectiveness and being legally banned in the hiring process of most jobs and as evidence in court rooms.