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ZpDpa TIL: USC removed their John Wayne exhibit because of the bigoted remarks he had made during his life.
1Qlr TIL in 10th century lived Syrian poet who was attacking and rejecting Islamic (or any other religion) claims and could freely express his opinions in Arabic lands without fear of his life. In 2013, almost a thousand years after his death, a Jihadist group beheaded his statue
kOXGe TIL of the Teapot Dome Scandal: Between 1921-1923 during Harden's presidency, the Secretary of the Interior, Albert Fall, secretly leased federal oil reserves to the Mammoth Oil Company in exchange for $200k worth of liberty bonds. He became the first Cabinet secretary to go to prison.
aE0J TIL the only species known to pursue “all-out war against fellow members of the same species” are humans, and ants.
0p0p TIL the flight number ‘191’ has been associated with many aviation accidents over the years. Today, many airlines no longer used the flight number.