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TIL During WWII the United Kingdom removed all roadsigns in hopes that if the Nazis mounted a ground invasion they would get lost and have trouble navigating

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RBxw TIL Differences in finger length have been repeatedly linked to a range of human traits, from aggression to musical ability to sexual orientation. [National Geographic]
dLDZ TIL for Star Trek’s groundbreaking interracial kiss, NBC worried that Southern affiliates might refuse to air the episode, so they filmed the scene with and without the kiss, but stars Nichols and Shatner consciously sabotaged the non-kiss takes so they could only air the kiss version.
5VxkR TIL about Louise Farrenc, a French composer and the only woman to hold the postion of Professor of Piano at the Paris Conservatory in the 19th century
9YbJr TIL about the Pokémon Snap Station at Blockbuster, where you could play through the first level and print the pictures you took.
jQYR TIL Alexander the Great’s father had 3000 POWs executed by “ritual drowning.”