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TIL The founder of the American Nazi party was murdered outside a laundromat by one of his own supporters.

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N1bM TIL a study in the UK showed that the most common sex injury is a pulled muscle followed by a bad back, carpet burns, and a pinch neck. The most dangerous sex spot is the sofa.
7rBMp TIL that the Sheriff of Nottingham from the Disney version of Robin Hood was supposed to be a goat, but was changed to a wolf because the director wanted to stick to traditional animal stereotypes.
P1QAG TIL Each year, NASA receives close to 1,000 astronaut appearance requests and there is a specific Astronaut Appearances Office in Houston, Texas. They can't receive honoraria since Federal regulations prevent astronauts from accepting gifts valued greater than $20
4Qro TIL there’s a group of tribes in the Amazon that’s so linguistically diverse that having a spouse that speaks the same language as you is considered a kind of incest.
KOYJQ An extraordinary collection of images from Burns Archive shows the extent to which gas masks were promoted as an essential part of everyday life in the early 20th century. It had been 20 years since the end of World War I, when chlorine gas—and, later, mustard gas—had first been used. The estimates of total casualties from this form of chemical warfare are staggering: 88,000 dead and 1,200,000 injured. With war once again on the horizon, Britain and continental Europe began taking early precautions. In 1938, the British government issued 35 million “General Civilian Respirators”. Everyone from ballerinas to surgeons were encouraged to wear the masks.