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TIL Germans Distorted Hindu Ideas Which Led to Nazism

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O186 TIL of Cliff Curtis, a Maori from New Zealand who has played just about every ethnicity Hollywood has thrown his was including an Arab in Three Kings, a Chicano gangster in Training Day, Pablo Escobar in Blow, and the Lord of the Fire Nation in the Last Airbender.
a9vo TIL Newborns’ crying is influenced by native language. In a 2009 study, French infants were shown to cry with a “rising melody contour” while German infants cried with “falling contours”.
69PXm TIL The story of Revere's famous ride in which he was said to warned colonial militia by yelling "The British are coming!" was actually false. The operation was meant to be quiet and stealthy, since British troops were hiding. Also, colonial Americans still considered themselves to be British.
pA5Z TIL that every US President is/was related to George Washington, except Gerald Ford.
LOZv TIL that 80% of schizophrenics smoke as opposed to 20% of the general population