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TIL "This Land is Your Land" was a radical backlash to “God Bless America”

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PYwdG TIL the famous 'tank man' incident happened June 5, 1989 - one day after the Tiananmen Square Massacre
4XymR TIL about a conspiracy theory about an ad of a dice game that was thought to have been a coded warning of the upcoming attack on Pearl Harbor
N7dL6 TIL singer Tammi Terrell, famous for recording and performing “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” with Marvin Gaye, was diagnosed with a brain tumor at the age of 22 after she collapsed on stage into Gaye’s arms during a concert. Terrell died at age 24 after eight unsuccessful surgeries to cure her.
OGgea TIL that an undefined number of rats, accused of destroying barley crops in 16th-century France, had a lawyer named Barthélemy de Chasseneuz. He cleverly sought delays, citing rats' age and health, and convinced the town to curfew their cats, but lost as the cats still ate the rats.
GDn1 TIL - A jury in the United States is legally allowed to vote ‘not guilty’ if they feel the law is unjust. This is known as jury nullification.