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VBMr8 TIL: Hugo Bettauer, a prominent Author who vehemently opposed anti-Semitism, was murdered by a Nazi who accused him of, corrupting the youth and communism.
16bYV TIL that Saturn’s moon Titan has lakes, rivers, and rain—but instead of water, they’re filled with liquid methane and ethane.
9Y0V7 TIL of Rusik, a Russian police cat. He was adopted by customs officers and sniffed vehicles and travellers for poached sturgeon roe. Rusik was later hit by a car he had previously found sturgeon in. Police suspected it was a revenge killing, due to how effective Rusik was at uncovering contraband.
OyoR TIL in the 50’s, there were so many Congressional hearings on Communists and homosexuals infiltrating the government that one congressman said: “I do not know what homosexuals are, but I never saw anybody get as much free advertising in the Congress of the United States in all my life.”
9EVp TIL that the “pool smell” is not chlorine, but chloramines, which are created with the combination of chlorine and human sweat, oil, or urine.