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TIL that JFK, Aldous Huxley and C.S. Lewis all died on the same day.

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6EllZ TIL that the US first used gas chambers to execute prisoners in 1924, 15 years before Nazi Germany. In 2015, Oklahoma introduced nitrogen gas as an alternative execution method.
4XRl5 TIL 71% of U.S. youth would not currently qualify for military service due to their heath, physical appearance, or educational background.
R5Lvj TIL in 1940 a group of four chiefs officially forswore use of the swastika - an ancient symbol of friendship in many Native American cultures - and ceremonially burned a pile of textiles bearing the symbol as an act of repugnance against the Nazis.
wLeL7 TIL That the theory of plate tectonics was not widely accepted by the geoscientific community until the 50s or 60s.
vPKQR TIL in 2000 the tomb of Lynyrd Skynrd's lead singer Ronnie Van Zant and guitarist Steve Gaines was broken into and their remains were desecrated, forcing their burial site to be relocated