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TIL Jackie Kennedy’s blood stained pink suit is locked away in the Archives until the year 2103

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pgGb TIL In 1970 John Lennon paid all of the fines for 96 people who had been arrested for protesting against the apartheid South Africa rugby team playing in Britain.
5BA8 TIL that there’s a religion based on the movie “The Big Lebowski” called “Dudeism”. “Dudeism” advocates and encourages the practice of “going with the flow”, “being cool headed”, and “taking it easy”.
OGJpa TIL: In 1912, a ship carrying Christmas trees was wrecked, killing all those onboard. Since then, stories of a ghostly Christmas Tree Ship began and the area became a tourist attraction with a museum containing parts of the ship. The trees were meant to be sold for between 50 cents and a dollar.
54j8 TIL In 2013 a group of Neo Nazis tried to create a compound near a small town in North Dakota. Several local Native American grandmothers raided one of the Neo Nazi rallies and stole their Nazi flag, then burned it.
v07D TIL the American Red Cross rejected a $1 million dollar donation from the Dixie Chicks in 2003 due to their opposition to the Iraq War