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TIL the KKK sent death threats and led boycotts against Johnny Cash in the 1960's. They incorrectly thought his wife at the time was black.

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ZpYRR TIL based on fossil and biological evidence, most scientists accept that birds are a specialized subgroup of theropod dinosaurs.
a807L TIL The speed record for unpowered RC gliders is 548 miles per hour (882 km/hr) using the dynamic soaring techniques (repeatedly crossing between air masses of differing velocities) pioneered by the albatross.
9JPQ TIL that Korean War soldier Eduardo C Gomez took out an enemy tank by crawling across an open rice field, got up on top of the tank, and then pried open the hatch and dropped a live grenade into the tank, killing the tank’s crew.
wbwP TIL Japan was invaded by the strong Mongol army TWICE, and both times were saved by harsh storms that crippled the Mongols. They called these storms “Kamikaze” or “Divine Winds”
Be7W TIL That a mountaineer found a wallet in the Andes mountain range. It was swung out of a plane, which crashed in 1972. Realizing the owner of the wallet was one of the 16 survivors, he returned it to him, 32 years later.