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TIL Dropkick Murphys’ bassist and vocalist Ken Casey assaulted a skinhead at his show for using a Nazi Salute.

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X0AwP TIL, in 1916, German agents blew up 2 million pounds of munitions on Black Tom Island in NY Harbor. The explosion damaged the Statue of Liberty.
mxG6y TIL the Red Panda, native to the eastern Himalayas and southwestern China, is the only living member of the genus Ailurus and the family Ailuridae
yQEZw TIL That Top German Nuclear Scientists Expressed Satisfaction They Didn't Work Hard Enough To Beat US To The Bomb
7AO7 TIL that in the Middle Ages, rhyming nicknames were becoming common and that is the reason why Bill is short for William(Will), and Dick is short for Richard(Rick)
grlP7 TIL that because of being descendants of Alexander Pushkin, who himself was a descendant of Abram Petrovich Gannibal, several members of British aristocracy would have African ancestry.