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TIL of Steve Maman, also known as the Jewish Schindler, for his work helping hundreds escape slavery and captivity

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Eg1eW TIL in the 1980s South Africa attempted to block whites from viewing TV based in a nominally independent black homeland.
78Qwx TIL, Popular gamer Matthew Thane was shot and killed after an online feud with fellow gamer 23-year-old Alexander Baro. Alexander had gotten so angry that he drove 1,700 miles from California to Texas just to shoot and kill Matthew. After driving the 1,700 miles back home he shot and killed himself.
R7gK1 TIL Sock hops were named after the fact that you had to take off your shoes to protect the varnished cafeteria and gymnasium floors.
4Om6 TIL that houseflies buzz in the key of F.
16Vnr TIL There is an exotic species of roach, extinct in the wild, that still exists because insect lovers thought it looked cool. Scientists who discovered and collected the Simandoa conserfariam bred them in captivity for the pet trade after their habitat was destroyed by mining.