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TIL that Nazi prison guards would perform tickle torture on inmates.

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Y6mW TIL the Lobsters we eat are generally really young and thus only a fraction of the size they grow to be in the wild. Older/Larger Lobsters are thought to be less tasty, and are a species that mates more prolifically with each year, making killing a 100+ yo behemoth a conservation issue.
Dm5r TIL that Billy Crystal’s character, Miracle Max, in the Princess Bride was so funny that it nearly stopped the production of the movie. One actor bruised a rib from clenching to try not to laugh.
P0an TIL that brown recluse spiders are rarely aggressive. In 2001, a massive infestation of over 2,000 brown recluse spiders was found in a 19th-century-built Kansas house that was occupied by 4 people, and no envenomations occurred.
l95r TIL LGBT activists in Australia created a kingdom in nearby islands called the Gay and Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Sea Islands. The national flag is the LGBT color flag, and the official currency is the Euro.
l7jxV TIL Democrat Al Smith lost the 1928 presidential election due to widespread anti-Catholic bigotry. Conservatives feared a Catholic president would abolish the Separation of Church and State, outlaw private ownership of the Bible, ban Protestant churches, and abolish Prohibition.