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TIL In 1877 Porter Rockwell and Wild Bill Hickman were indicted for the Aiken massacre (five Californian travelers lynched on Brigham Young’s orders)

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15PV TIL: John Adams defended the Redcoats Involved in the Boston Massacre despite the inclinations of the mob: famously saying, “Prisoners must be judged solely based upon the evidence produced against them in court and nothing else”
ZZwY TIL Lamborghini Cars Were A Result Of A Tractor Company Owner Being Insulted by the Founder of Ferrari.
v1xer TIL that a lady fell from an airplane flying at 10,000+ meters (about 33,000 ft) and survived.
x6B6B TIL They made some random black guy an exhibit at the Bronx Zoo in 1906. His name was Ota Benga, an African Pygmy.
OoEBe TIL that Jason Hook, lead guitarist for metal band Five Finger Death Punch, got his big break as the guitarist for Hilary Duff’s live touring band in 2000.