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TIL that in 1939 20,000 Americans met in Madison Square Garden, then rallied in support of Hitler and the Nazis.

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JYvyB TIL that chlamidial cells are strange organisms closely related to blue-green algae that have DNA like bacteria but can only reproduce parasitically in foreign cells like a virus.
R5B98 TIL That American actor John Wayne was asked to be the running mate for Democratic Alabama Governor George Wallace, who had been nominated for President by the American Independent Party for the 1968 election, however, he immediately declined.
DQOgV TIL that a group of researchers hotboxed lobsters to see if they would get high. They discovered “duration-related THC levels in all tissues examined.” Along with a lowered locomotor activity.
D1aKP TIL that in 1984, an 18 year old patient named Libby Zion died in a hospital as a result of the resident and intern physicians being too overworked and exhausted to do their jobs properly. This led to the Libby Zion law, which limits resident physicians to an 80 hour work week.
aA0y TIL hydrogen in Saturn gets so dense toward the core that it turns into a metal.