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TIL Adolf Hitler wrote admiringly of the Chinese and Japanese. “They belong to ancient civilizations, and I admit freely that their past history is superior to our own. They have the right to be proud of their past, just as we have the right to be proud [of ours].”

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ne697 TIL that in the 1940s, actress Joan Hickson appeared in an Agatha Christie play, following which the author sent her a note reading “I hope one day you will play my dear Miss Marple. 41 years later, Hickson was cast as Miss Marple in a BBC series of Marple adaptations.
dDNgB TIL “the average person consumes roughly 20 lbs of (onions) per year”
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4k6pX TIL Throughout the WWII there were many rivalries between Office of Strategic Services (precursor to the CIA) and other US Intel departments. The prevalence of Ivy League graduates and high society gave rise to the dismissive name for the OSS "Oh, So Social.”
epnW6 TIL that Major League Baseball pitcher Ed Porray is the only player in league history to not be born in a country. He was born on a fishing boat in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean on December 5th, 1888. His birth certificate lists "At sea, on the Atlantic Ocean" as his birthplace.