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TIL royalties from Mein Kampf are begrudgingly accepted by the state of Bavaria, then distributed to charity.

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0dP9L TIL about Delphia Welford, who died at age 117 in 1992 and who remains the validated African-American longevity recordholder up to this very day.
mxWmO TIL "snozeberries" from Willy Wonka was in fact penis.
grmVL TIL that the Barbizon Hotel for Women was a female-only hotel from 1927 to 1981, with a gymnasium, private library, solarium, swimming pool, Turkish bath and organ recitals. Patrons were mainly artists and included Sylvia Plath, Grace Kelly and Liza Minnelli
9Y5b7 TIL that Benjamin Franklin used chess as a means of learning Italian. He would play games with a friend who was also studying the language. The winner of their match assigned a task to the loser; such as making them learn some Italian grammar, which had to be performed before their next match.
9wb9r TIL Loving County, Texas, is named after rancher Oliver Loving. While dying in New Mexico in 1867 from gangrene caused by Comanche arrows, Loving convinced his friend to temporarily bury his body for six months, then exhume it and haul it by wagon 500 miles back to Texas for a proper burial.