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TIL of Air Commodore Lionel Charlton, who resigned as the RAF Chief Staff Officer in Iraq because he objected to the bombing of Iraqi villages.

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BrW1x TIL that Larry Flynt has sent a monthly copy of Hustler to every congressional office since 1983, and members of Congress can't stop receiving the magazines—because a court agreed that it was within Flynt's right to petition the government under the First Amendment.
5YDP TIL Chinese leader Mao Zedong from 1958 - 1962, murdered 45 million of his own citizens. Death toll during World War 2 was 55 million worldwide.
OpE6 TIL Cristiano Ronaldo funded the education of a 7 y.o. survivor of the horrific 2004 tsunami in Indonesia. 21 days after the disaster, the boy was found alone and wearing a Portuguese national football team jersey. He grew up to be a football player and was signed by Sporting Lisbon in 2015.
VpDm TIL if You Blow on an Infant’s Face They Will Stop Breathing
W9Eo TIL that the kid from “Hook” staring Robin Williams might just be the most successful former child actor. He has a physics degree from MIT, worked for the US government on missile defense, has a law degree, and is currently a law professor at a top notch law school, plus so much more.