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TIL about Hessy Levinsons Taft, a German Jew whose baby photo was used by Nazis to represent the ideal Aryan baby.

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ADKbo TIL the rainbow lorikeet is a colorful species of parrot native to the forests of eastern Australia. Reportedly, they love showering and sometimes sleep upside down. As intelligent birds, they get easily bored and love to play with noisy toys. When they eat fermented fruit, they can get quite drunk.
JY4ok TIL that after its infamous explosion in 1986, the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant reported a fire in 1991; and it wasn’t until the year 2000 that the power station was fully shut down.
QNBWd TIL about Thomas Grasso, a murderer who was executed in 1995. He requested 24 mussels, 24 clams, a cheeseburger, 6 ribs, 2 milkshakes, a pie, strawberries and a can of SpaghettiOs as a last meal. His last words were "I did not get my SpaghettiOs, I got spaghetti. I want the press to know this."