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TIL the last officially reported lynching in the US was 1981, Michael Donald, and the last officially reported racially incited murder was 2020 of Ahmaud Arbery.

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OGDkX TIL about Mark Zborowski, an NKVD agent who infiltrated Trotsky's organization in Paris, murdered Trotsky's son, moved to the US where he continued to infiltrate Trotsky's organization. He joined Harvard as a researcher, was later tried and convicted as a spy, and then resumed his academic career.
WkrvA TIL that a man named David Phillips took advantage of a loophole in a 1999 Healthy Choice/American Airlines promotion where he purchased $3,000 worth of pudding in exchange for over one million American Airlines air miles
KWv4 TIL: Hummingbirds are constantly hours away from starving to death, only being able to store enough energy to survive overnight. Having the highest metabolic rate of animal kingdom, their heart can reach 1260 BPM and they’ll breath 250 times a minute at rest.
Aj9w TIL a man once made his own chicken sandwich completely from scratch - He grew his own crops, slaughtered a chicken and boiled ocean saltwater for sea salt. In the end it cost him over $1000 and half a year. He didn’t like the taste.
dGbK TIL of a weather phenomenon that struck Kopperl, Texas in June 1960 dubbed “Satan’s Storm.” During this event, temperatures suddenly rose around midnight to 140°F, wind gusts blew at over 75MPH and crops were instantly scorched, causing terrified residents to believe the world was ending.