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TIL Henry Ford is the only American mentioned in Mein Kampf.

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GAZ1Q TIL Astronaut Scott Kelly was paid $70/ hr by NASA until his retirement where he would be paid $10/hr to compensate for his debriefings and participation as a medical test subject. Kelly spent 520 days in space over four missions
wYb6 TIL that M&M stands for Mars and Murrie’s
ypXJ TIL: Jewish law prohibits the separation of stuck-together newspaper pages on the Sabbath as it constitutes “applying the finishing touch” (one of the 39 activities prohibited on this day).
e0BGD TIL oranges are sold in bright red net bags because the colour of the net deepens the perceived colour of the fruits - this is called Munker's illusion
BrPEk TIL that there's a historical period officially referred to as the Pornocracy. 904 AD-906 AD was a super corrupt time for the Papacy and later scholars called it the Pornocracy, the Hetaerocracy, or the Rule of Harlots. (The Catholic Church refers to it as the saeculum obscurum, or dark century.)