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TIL The blocks in Tetris are called Tetrominoes

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newe9 TIL that in 1950, Republican Margaret Chase Smith became the first to denounce McCarthyism on the Senate floor. She also claimed that though a GOP victory in the '52 election was needed, she couldn't support a campaign founded on "the Four Horsemen of Calumny -- Fear, Ignorance, Bigotry, and Smear."
NXxEb TIL Some dogs are set off into a panic attack at the smell of cooking lamb
DQdNv TIL the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach was a TV and Film location for dozens of projects including Goldfinger, Thunderball, Scarface, The Bodyguard, Tony Rome, and more
PYepg TIL that Hitler's doctor, Theodor Morell, kept a medical diary of the drugs and other substances he administered to the Führer on a daily basis, such as; Atropine, Caffeine, Cocaine, Adrenaline, E. coli, Methamphetamine, Strychnine, Morphine, Heroin and Testosterone.