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TIL The First Japanese Convert To Christianity Was A Murderer On The Run

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yVQRX TIL Jack Ruby was sentenced to death for murdering Lee Harvey Oswald, JFK's assassin. Ruby's verdict was the first courtroom verdict to be televised in U.S. history. It was later overturned and he died from cancer while awaiting a retrial.
v1NyD TIL: You can't rename a file CON, AUX, PRN, LST, etc. in Windows.
kOEr1 TIL (and also fucked up) that you can use your shoelaces to unlock your car when you lock your keys in like I did today
QJ8Be TIL Michael Keaton, a longtime Pittsburgh resident and fan of its sports teams, negotiated a break in his Batman movie contract in case the Pirates made the playoffs that year. "They thought I was kidding," he said. "I wasn't."
oMW7 TIL in 2005, Wells Fargo started a program to educate black communities on building “generational wealth.” This program turned out to be a front for steering black people into predatory loans. WF paid damages, but not before 100s of houses were foreclosed.