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TIL of the White Feathers Movement, in which feminists and suffragettes shamed men who refused to fight in World War 1

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Meb4W TIL Hookworms were responsible for giving the American South the notorious stereotype of being stupid and lazy
RKR8 TIL about Blockbusting, a method used during the “white flight” era, where real-estate agents would fake a black person moving into a white neighborhood to scare the rest of the residents into hastily selling their houses at a loss. They then charged high prices selling the houses to black families
a8MJ9 TIL Henry Ford is the only American mentioned favorably in Mein Kampf. Ford was also awarded the Grand Cross of the German Eagle, the highest medal Nazi Germany bestowed upon foreigners, for his antisemitic writing.
yVGRp TIL: Project Orion was a project by DARPA and NASA to use nukes to propel spacecraft supported by Von Braun , the biggest design was the "Super" Orion which hoods 1080 nukes, weigh 8 million tons, and was described as an interstellar ark. However, problems included nuclear fallout on Earth.
XEOdR TIL Pangolins are believed to be the world's most trafficked mammal, accounting for as much as 20% of all illegal wildlife trade. Their scales can cost more than $3,000/kg on the black market.