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TIL that the sum of all numbers on a roulette wheel is 666.

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loxOr TIL when Buddy Holly was killed in a plane crash, his pregnant wife heard the news on television and suffered a miscarriage as a result. Since then, it became policy to notify family of tragedy before names became public.
br64 TIL Homosexuality was legalized in South Australia after police drowned a gay man. A second victim was rescued by a passing serial killer, but refused to name the Police in court out of fear. The change of law led to mass panic and people fled the coast fearing God’s wrath would bring a tsunami.
mxVdR TIL of the "Silent Protest" where up to 15,000 black folks protested lynchings across the country by marching in silence in New York
xVYlD TIL that spiral staircases were installed in fire stations in the 1800s to stop the horses that pulled the engines going up the stairs when they smelled food cooking.
MdmK TIL many animal shelters do not allow adoption of black cats in October to protect the cats from being sacrificed or tortured.