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TIL that Mother Teresa secretly confided in friends frequently about her lack of belief in God

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WkJwB TIL only one person is known to have survived a lynching in the United States. His name was James Cameron and he went on to found America’s Black Holocaust Museum.
RPd6 TIL that during one particular Rolling Stones concert, four people were killed but the overall population of the concert did not change since four babies were born during the concert as well.
ZYe4 TIL In 1948 the United States Air-force tested the XF-85 Goblin, a jet fighter designed to be deployed and retrieved from a bomber’s bomb-bay. The bomber could carry a maximum of 4 XF-85s, turning it into a “Flying Aircraft Carrier”.
b6M7j TIL of Australia's 1975 constitutional crisis, in which the Prime Minister was removed from power by the Governor-General (representing the Crown in Australia) without an election
4XpEN TIL Dennis Quaid’s face appeared on warning labels of vials of blood thinner Heparin to remind nurses not to accidentally inject patients with high concentration doses after Quaid’s newborn twins almost died of an accidental overdose