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TIL Nazis held a rally at Madison Square Garden in 1939. It was attended by TWENTY THOUSAND people!

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nyXr TIL in some of the earliest displays of Stunt Flying, a pilot named Eugène Lefebvre would fly directly at terrified spectators, turning away only at the last second. He is also the first person to die while piloting a powered aircraft.
41DJ TIL: A study by the Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine using a randomized double-blind trial with sensory evaluation using discrimination testing found that freezing raw fish did not ruin sushi’s taste.
wLkdP TIL the slogan of the revolver Colt used to be "God created men, Colt made them equal..."
Lkyvd TIL that it is legal to consume any drug privately in Spain and that the Spanish rank amongst the highest in Europe for cocaine usage.
j6GxM TIL about the Great British Dog and Cat Massacre of 1939. In which Londoners, to prepare for war with Nazi Germany, voluntarily killed over 400,000 of their home pets in a one month period so as to ease the strain on resources. The deaths were found to be mostly unnecessary.