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TIL that in 1895 a white man in Louisiana was lynched by a white crowd for an attempt to lynch a black woman

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Brk9x TIL that bebop legend Dizzy Gillespie ran for president in 1964. Though it started as a joke, he kept it up in part because proceeds from his campaign merchandise went to CORE, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
VMXyZ TIL that Hugh Jackman worked as a birthday clown named 'Coco' and made just 50 bucks. Jackman admits that he had no magic tricks and was even told off by a 6 year old that he is terrible.
V7KB TIL Project MARAUDER, a coaxial plasma railgun powered by the SHIVA STAR capacitor bank, was designed by the USAF and capable of “[producing] doughnut shaped rings of plasma and balls of lightning that exploded with devastating effects when hitting its target.” It was classified in 1993.
enwg TIL Wedding rings weren’t worn by men until the late 19th century.
kldW TIL that the largest known star is 4,982,686,912 times bigger than the sun, and is only 9,500 light-years away.