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TIL that Italian Americans were the second most lynched ethnic group after African Americans.

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e04vE TIL In the 2011 UK Census, nearly 177,000 people identified their religion as ‘Jedi Knight’.
jNQQE TIL Ted Danson wears a toupee when filming.
1GgO TIL Stan Durwood, former president of AMC theaters, demanded until his dying day that Snickers be sold at all theaters for 45 cents so when you went to the theaters you could always afford some candy
V7KB TIL Project MARAUDER, a coaxial plasma railgun powered by the SHIVA STAR capacitor bank, was designed by the USAF and capable of “[producing] doughnut shaped rings of plasma and balls of lightning that exploded with devastating effects when hitting its target.” It was classified in 1993.
9wkVM TIL: For centuries, physicians blamed behavioral changes (especially among the mentally ill) on the pull of the moon. The word “lunatic,” stemmed from this idea.