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TIL The term "Conspiracy Theory" was created by the CIA to stop people from questioning the Kennedy Assassination

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nWK5o TIL about skeuomorphism, when modern objects, real or digital, retain features of previous designs even when they aren't functional. Examples include the very tiny handle on maple syrup bottles, faux buckles on shoes, the floppy disk 'save' icon, or the sound of a shutter on a cell phone camera.
xvYB TIL that in a duel Andrew Jackson let a man get a free first shot so he could take his time on his own shot. He was hit in the chest but still managed to return fire and kill the man.
X07ZQ TIL that relatively unknown band Levellers hold the record of performing to the largest crowd at any iteration of the Glastonbury festival. The record, set in 1994, stands today at 300,000 people.
D1WVr TIL that a lot of the Marvel graphics and end credits text crawl was made by a studio whose artists are on the autism spectrum.
gWry TIL that Joseph Smith, the founder of Mormonism, decided to run for President himself in 1844, on a platform of smaller government and God as lawgiver.