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TIL The popular cartoon network show "Powerpuff Girls" was originally called "Whoopass Stew"

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oBWv7 TIL the term “Suspension of disbelief,” defined as a "willingness to suspend one's critical faculties . . . for the sake of enjoyment" refers to one of Aristotle’s principles of theater in which the audience accepts fiction as reality so as to experience a catharsis.
yQrmp TIL Despite of Nazis having a reputation for persecution of homosexuals, Ernst Röhm a founding father of Nazi party in Germany was an open homosexual. At one point he was ousted but asked to join back. Hitler was aware of his homosexuality and used intimate 'du' when referring to him.
grnGy TIL Luke Helder, who in 2002 planted pipe bombs in various places to draw a smiley face across America, is still being held indefinitely at a federal mental health facility after being declared incompetent to stand trial
BgVAL TIL I learned that there is only a single ICAO airport code starting with the letter "J". It is JZRO for Jezero Crater on Mars.
e0XAJ TIL that in the Czech Republic denial of communist-perpetrated atrocities is illegal.