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TIL/Rapper Ervin McKinness tweeted “Drunk af going 120 drifting corners #F***It YOLO” then crashed, and died.

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Wk8LL TIL that the famous WW2 Japanese propaganda broadcaster Iva Toguri( wrongly associated with the name "Tokyo Rose"), was an American citizen who actively assisted the Allied war effort by smuggling rations to prisoners, and making the broadcasts as much as a farce as possible.
m1aLO TIL the last trading post created by the Hudson Bay Company was founded in 1937
6E987 TIL A man walked into a publisher's office with 14 pictures and a title to go along with each picture. He said he would come back with the full stories, but never showed up. The pictures have captivated writer's for years.
RZdl TIL the satire show Have I Got News For You once published about a British politician: “Given Mr Allason’s fondness for pursuing libel actions, there are also excellent legal reasons for not referring to him as a conniving little shit.” He promptly sued and lost.
Me5KA TIL that US submarine torpedos in WW II often failed to detonate due to faulty design of their firing pins. To correct the problem, Pearl Harbor workshops designed and mass produced new firing pins from the propeller blades of Japanese aircraft downed in the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor.