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TIL that Bank of America hired three intelligience firms to dismantle wikileaks, instucted by the Department of Justice. Anonymous hacked these in response.

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pYeGZ TIL of the Dutch nurse Lucia de Berk, who was falsely convicted of killing 4 children under her care. She spent 6 years in jail before she was exonerated.
4Jkg TIL the inventor of the windshield wiper Mary Anderson was granted a patent for it in 1903, she tried to sell the rights in 1905 and was told that it held no commercial value and was unable to sell it. 19 years later, they became standard equipment on every vehicle.
a8YOA TIL of RAS syndrome, the act of appending a word to the end of an abbreviated term that already exists at the tail of it. e.g. ATM (automated teller machine) machine, PIN (personal identification number) number and amusingly, RAS (redundant acronym syndrome) syndrome
x6yZ5 TiL that upon its publication, the children's book "The Story of Ferdinand" was accused of promoting fascism, anarchism, and communism. The Cleveland Plain Dealer accused the book of corrupting the youth of America and Hitler ordered the book burned for being "degenerate democratic propaganda".
4kdBX TIL The bands Fountains of Wayne (self-titled) and Flamingoes (Plastic Jewels) released albums with the exact same cover photo within two weeks of each other in 1996. Unbeknownst to either band, the photographer Nick Wappington had licensed the picture to both bands.