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TIL Peruvian rubber baron Carlos Scharff, once referred to as “the most notorious of all rubber gatherers in the Upper Amazon region, “ was killed during a mutiny that occurred on Peruvian Independence Day in 1909.

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9YyWr TIL Blaise Diagne,born in Senegal,was the 1st black African elected to the French Chamber of Deputies in 1914,also hold a position in the French gvt. His son would become the 1st black footballer in France,and won it in 1936. His grandson would be mayor of a French town until he died in 2017
9wMEB TIL in 2004 a brawl broke out at an NBA game between the Detroit Pistons and the Indiana Pacers after Pacer Ron Artest has a beer thrown at him. The game was ended unfinished, 9 players including Artest were suspended, 5 players were charged with assault and 5 fans were permabanned from the venue.
v1OlL TIL that in the early 20th century, several American condom manufacturers tested their condoms for defects and sold the rejects under cheaper brand names rather than discarding them
VMlEQ TIL that Leonardo da Vinci never had a last name because he was born out of wedlock, thus leading to his “last name” being da Vinci (of Vinci) because the town he was born in was called Vinci.
WkgGA TIL about Joseph Trombino, a Brinks security guard who, after being shot multiple times in the famed armored car robbery of 1981, was almost killed in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and eventually lost his life during the 9/11 attacks while making a delivery in the North Tower.