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TIL that Clint Eastwood “wore the same poncho, without ever having washed it, in all three of his ‘Man with No Name’ Westerns”

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WkYnN TIL Hitler used an arson attack on the German parliament to justify taking away most civil liberties in Germany, including habeas corpus, freedom of expression, freedom of the press, the right of free association, public assembly and the secrecy of the post and telephone
4XL4o TIL that a Harley washed up onshore in Haida Gwaii, British Columbia after being swept away in the 2011 Japanese Tsunami. It was sent back to Japan to be restored by Harley-Davidson and returned to its owner. He instead opted it be placed in a museum as a memorial to the victims of the disaster.
5VBeD TIL that a video game was previously designed where one would play as Jack the Ripper brutally murdering prostitutes, except here these prostitutes would actually be vampires in disguise, thus making Jack the Ripper the hero in this game. This game was subsequently cancelled.
6ElwW TIL The term “jeep” originates from a Popeye’ comic book character in 1936 and was used for many military vehicles including airplanes. In the 40s both Ford and Willys MB (which later became Jeep) manufactured what we would call a Jeep.
9wKmQ TIL that Hello Kitty is not a cat; she's a British third-grader with a twin, according to Sanrio