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TIL the term "Life unworthy of life", used by the Nazis to describe the targets of the Holocaust, had been around since 1920 referring to mental disabilities, and later was adopted and extended by the Nazis to include racial differences.

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D1dwD TIL June Foray voiced so many familiar characters in her career- from Tweety/Sylvester's Granny, Cindy Lou Who, Rocky the Squirrel, even Chatty Cathy the first talking doll- that Chuck Jones said, "June Foray is not the female Mel Blanc. Mel Blanc was the male June Foray."
D1kXv TIL about the female pilots who fought for the Soviet Union in WW2. They were deemed the Night Witches as their wooden planes had the sound of a flying broom and were very crucial to the war effort. They only lost 30 out of 400 women who flew over 30,000 missions.
yQrKV TIL United Passions was a 2014 film about FIFA funded 90% by FIFA. Its release coincided with the 2015 FIFA corruption scandal where it grossed $918 in its opening weekend (worst ever), a 0% RT rating and star Tim Roth asked the people behind the film "Where is all the corruption in the script?"
69YNw TIL Octopus Wrestling was a famous sport back in the 60s.
O1j1 TIL that a 106-mile portion of I-70 in Utah has no gasoline or exits. It is the longest portion of the US Interstate system without services. A station at one end sells about 30 gas containers a week to people who run out on the highway and walk to the station.