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TIL that a white abolitionist, who would go on to kill and terrorize slave owners across the south, uttered the phrase “by whatever means necessary” 100 years before Malcolm X used a similar phrase.

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78YPr TIL in 2013, a body of a woman was found in a water tank on the roof of a hotel in LA after guests of the hotel began complaining about low water pressure and water that was "colored black and had an unusual taste".
m1Pgx TIL that birth order affects lifetime health. Firstborn children tend to have worse health at birth. Firstborns are more likely to receive care for depression in childhood and to develop diabetes in later life, while younger siblings are more likely to be hospitalized in for drug and alcohol abuse.
dDeKQ TIL that in 2014, a Belgian math teacher disciplined his class by threatening to reveal Game of Thrones spoilers. He had read the books, which were at that time ahead of the show.
DmGJ TIL As a young boy Peter Capaldi was such a fan of Doctor Who that he decided he should be president of the Doctor Who fan club and wrote to the BBC telling them so. He wrote so many letters that a member of staff wrote, ‘I think he’s the end and I wish the Daleks or someone would exterminate him’
KOeD6 TIL: One Hollywood movie studio complex was used only by the US military for making secret films --mostly editing footage of nuclear weapons tests. The activities of the so-called "Lookout Mountain Air Force Station" ended in 1969, but remained largely unknown to the public until the 1990s.