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TIL that in 1989 US Army Captain Linda Bray became the first woman to lead US troops into combat during the Panama invasion, causing political fallout at the time.

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5YOGn TIL in 1969, Fred Hampton and Mark Clark, two heads of the Black Panther Party, were killed in their sleep by Chicago Police. It was described as a gunfight, but 99% of bullets were found to have been shot from the police, & fake bullet holes from the inside were found to have been planted by police
oR5RA TIL that Equatorial Guinea’s first president, Francisco Macías Nguema, led a brutal regime that may have killed tens of thousands and reduced life expectancy to 30 years before being overthrown and executed in 1979.
ep7j5 TIL government movie censorship in the US lasted until 1981 when Maryland State Board of Censors ended. But as of 2022, the US Defense Department still interferes in filmmaking by offering studios cash in return of having the military portrayed in a positive way, hiding racism, sexism for instance
woV77 TIL 17 yr old future President Herbert Hoover showed great talent on the math entrance exam for Stanford but he never finished high school. He received remedial tutoring in August before he was accepted into the tuition-free university, and he vowed to help other students get a Stanford education
YpDrB TIL of Elizabeth Jennings Graham, a black woman who in 1854, insisted that she ride in a segregated streetcar. Her main lawyer, future president Chester A Arthur, won the case and all streetcars in New York became desegregated.