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TIL After doctors in Texas declared a man ‘brain dead’, ordered denial of food and water, the father of the patient pulled a gun on hospital staff to stop them from killing him and served time in jail – the patient is alive today

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0DPN TIL of SecureDrop, a secure way for whistleblowers to leak documents to the press, written by Aaron Swartz and used by media outlets worldwide
mxvdP TIL about Valerie Solanas, a radical feminist who founded SCUM (Society for Cutting Up Men) and attempted to assassinate Andy Warhol, going so far as to stalk him after her release from prison
D1n7Y TIL that George Lucas and Steven Spielberg both personally called Bill Watterson about a Calvin & Hobbes movie, and he turned them both down.
VEO4 TIL that the US invaded Guatemala in 1954 and deposed democratically elected President Jacobo Árbenz Guzmán for the benefit of an american fruit company
GAQkG TIL 'Tijuana Bibles' were print versions of Rule 34 comics from almost 100 years ago