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TIL 10% of Florida's adult population are felons

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oRGdE TIL that a German WWII pilot named Franz Stigler escorted a crippled American bomber to safety instead of shooting it down risking execution. Nearly 50 years later the two pilots found each other and became close friends until they both died in 2008.
vaRr TIL Def Jam Records founder Rick Rubin was in a punk band called The Pricks that asked friends to heckle during a gig in order to start a brawl leading to the band being kicked off stage & the show being shut down by a “cop” who was really Rubin’s father, in an effort to create buzz around the band
oBbw8 TIL I learned about the War of Jenkins Ear. Robert Jenkins, a British sailor, allegedly had his ear cut off by the Spanish Coast guard. During a House of Commons 7 years later Jenkins purportedly presented his severed ear and ignited a 9 year long war that engulfed the Caribbean costing 24,500 lives
MevrW TIL that spies can eavesdrop on a conversation from hundreds of feet away, just by watching a light bulb’s vibrations through a telescope.
6NrQ TIL that Russia gifted the United States with the “Tear of Grief” or Teardrop Memorial after the 9/11 attacks as a symbol of struggle against terrorism