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TIL of the Hitler Teapot - a teapot that sold out at JC Penny stores once people noticed it resembled Hitler

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6EgAJ TIL The first time the Japanese public heard their emperor's voice was during the formal surrender of Japan in WW2.
M7OGa TIL: SPY, the S&P 500 ETF trust that virtually everyone invests in, is a legal trust that has 11 actual beneficiaries. They had no idea they were the beneficiaries, but when they die, SPY dissolves.
4XdYb TIL "The Powerpuff Girls" was originally called "Whoopass Stew!" Rather than adding Chemical X to his formula, Professor Utonium accidentally adds a can of whoop ass, and the creation is known as The Whoopass Girls.
M7M4W TIL "Entrance of the gladiators", a piece strongly associated with clowns and circus music, was originally intended to be inspiring marching music for war.
QNQEk TIL about Edward Brooke, the first black person to be directly elected to the Senate when he was elected in 1966, serving two terms. A liberal Republican, Brooke co-wrote the 1968 Civil Rights Act and was the first Republican Senator to call for Nixon's resignation during Watergate.