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TIL that after the end of Denazification in 1951, the U.S. conducted opinion surveys in occupied Germany in 1952 and found that 37% of Germans said Germany was better off without the Jews and 25% still had a good opinion of Hitler.

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xVaDB TIL the makers of the "Airplane!" and "Naked Gun" movies bought a horse just to make a joke. They named the horse All Pink and instructed the jockey not to win but to stay on the inside rail the whole race just to hear the play-by-play announcer say "It's All Pink on the inside!"
8aN7b TIL Just 15 million years after the big bang the entire universe was effectively "habitable" as the cosmic microwave background radiation was warm enough to support liquid water everywhere. This period lasted for about 7 million years.
8aLoV TIL In order to protest the high tariffs enforced by a U.K. censorship board, a filmmaker sent in a 10 hour “movie” of white paint drying. They had to watch the entire film.
j6kGX TIL Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll started a show on Chicago's WGN Radio in 1924 called Sam 'n' Henry. Successful, but wanting more money, they moved to WMAQ radio and renamed the same show Amos 'n' Andy. The two were on NBC and CBS radio for 28 years.
raK1 TIL The domesticated dog evolved from a tamer version of the gray wolf. Based on DNA evidence, researchers currently believe the dog was domesticated in Asia at least 15,000 years ago, with some scientists arguing that dogs and humans have been partners for as long as 100,000 years.