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TIL that, from 1935, the SS-managed Lebensborn foundation managed a network of maternity homes for unmarried mothers and orphanages for kidnapped children in order to further the Aryan race

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ANJj4 TIL Vincent van Gogh created around 2,100 artworks during his lifetime. This includes about 860 oil paintings and over 700 drawings. Despite his prolific output, he only gained widespread recognition and acclaim posthumously. Van Gogh’s artwork can be viewed on his official page.
9x76 TIL that when asked what would happen if he were invited to a dinner party with his characters, Dr. Seuss said, “I wouldn’t show up.”
bON9 TIL that Chef Gordon Ramsay originally aspired to be a professional soccer player, but then suffered a knee injury that he never fully recovered from. He then decided to follow his already growing interest in culinary education so he wouldn’t be known as “the football player with the gammy knee”.
yQJEw TIL Alan Turing proposed gin (the alcohol) as a medium in which to store data in a computer
r9wW TIL that the cartoon “Ed, Edd n Eddy” was created on a dare