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TIL that there have been 16 Republican politicians and 26 Democratic politicians assassinated in US history

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AD4Gw TIL in 1970, two young merchant seamen led the only mutiny on a US ship in the last century. The SS Columbia Eagle was delivering napalm bombs to Vietnam
nejJP TIL Nazi Germany spent 50% more on the V2 rocket program than the U.S. did on the Manhattan Project to develop the atomic bomb
PYN4E TIL that clowns play an important role in traditional Hopi religious festivals, representing man in his original uncivilized state. By acting outrageously they serve as an example of how not to behave. They also use satire and humor to criticize individuals who have violated community norms.
gMWDL TIL veteran suicide rates are 22% higher than civilians
57kD TIL a man convicted of 544 murders, which included 24 fetuses he cut out of pregnant women was tortured for 3 days, broken on the wheel and quartered while still alive.