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TIL that leaders of the Black Panther Party were "neutralized" (murdered, imprisoned, publicly humiliated or falsely charged with crimes) by COINTELPRO, a series of illegal FBI operations.

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d8wxj TIL A woman won 1.3 million lottery. She didn't tell her husband and immediately divorced him to avoid giving him half. He found out and sued. Due to Family Code statute that penalizes spouses for falsifying data about their property during divorce, judge ordered her to give him 100% of the winnings
9kl7 TIL David Bowie wrote lyrics set to a French song ‘Comme d'habitude’ which was discarded and then later rewrote and released as 'My way’ made famous by Frank Sinatra
69GyQ TIL the South Korean movie Snowpiercer is one of the country's most expensive movies ever at $40 million USD
x6ejg TIL That China had a very significant role in helping the US defeat Japan in WWII, and that China suffered over eight million casualties.
1L97 TIL A herpetologist discovered a previously unknown species of iguana while watching the 1980 Brooke Shields film “The Blue Lagoon”.