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TIL that in all 6 elections of the Greater London Council (1965-1986), the leading national opposition party won, with the party in government coming second

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GEBg TIL there exists evidence of “highly suspicious” insider trading on two airlines in the days leading up to 9/11 that can be traced to an unnamed US-based institutional investor.
M7ymW TIL in November 1970 an airplane carrying the Marshall University football team (plus coaches and a few other people) crashed into a mountaintop outside the Huntington WV airport, killing all 75 people on board. It is considered the worst sports-related air tragedy in U.S. history.
8eM0Z TIL about failed WW2 plot: Operation Pastorius. In which Americans were recruited by Nazis to sabotage the US from within.
4PPN Til that super bowl halftime shows are such big productions because in 1992 Fox aired an episode of In Living Color. The show drew over 22 million viewers away from the Super Bowl and led the league to consider top performers in subsequent years.
4kX5w TIL the story of Larry Miller. A gang member who murdered an opposing gang member and spent most of his teens and 20s incarcerated who went on to become president of the Portland Trailblazers and president of the Jordan brand for Nike.