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TIL a Sitting US Senator Was Killed During the Civil War While Commanding Troops

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OGEVR Today I Learned that the longest judicial trial in the history of the United States was the Pizza Connection Trial, where the Sicilian Mafia processed Heroin and Morphine for sale in Pizza Parlors during the 70's and 80's
OGl9X TIL that prior to the Nazi era, more than 100,000 Germans had learned Esperanto and it was being taught in the elementary schools of 126 German cities.
8aGbb TIL that in 2015, musician Jennifer Lee (aka. TOKiMONSTA) contracted an extremely rare brain disease called Moyamoya. She lost her ability to understand and recognise human speech for months. During this time, she also lost her ability to understand music, calling it “metallic, harsh nonsense.”
oyK8 TIL North Korea invented its own basketball scoring system: three points for a dunk, four points for a three pointer that doesn’t touch the rim, and eight points for a basket scored in the final three seconds
76Lp TIL it is illegal for employers to prohibit employees from discussing their salary with coworkers