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TIL it was common practice in U.S. high schools that Male Students were Required to Swim Nude, however Female Students wore swimsuits for Modesty.

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PYRkL TIL that Fredrick the Great, tried to introduce the potato to Germany. It failed, so he created a potato farm that had guards to make the potato's seem valuable, but the guards were ordered to "guard" the fields but were purposely bad. This act made the potato a staple in German food.
MeJn8 TIL that Qantas transported a jet engine on a 747
WkO6Y TIL that Tom Petty took guitar lessons from Don Felder.
DX0g TIL the first black president in North America was Vicente Guerrero, the second president of the Republic of Mexico in 1829. He is known for abolishing slavery in Mexico forty years before Lincoln would do the same on the US.
JYPB8 TIL that 6 out 7 women Hitler dated in his adult life died by sucicide or attempted suicide. BONUS: Hitler would carry a whip around in an attempt to "impress" women as well.