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TIL in “Mein Kampf,” Hitler praises America as the one state that has made progress toward a primarily racial conception of citizenship, by “excluding certain races from naturalization.”

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j6kVa TIL: The Lord of the Rings is presented as a translation of a book originally written in Westron, the common speech of Middle-earth. Therefore, Frodo Baggins' real name in Westron is Maura Labingi.
8eerP TIL in 1983, NFL Chiefs running back Joe Delaney sacrificed his life in an attempt to save three children from drowning. His number is unofficially retired by the team and a statue was put up in his hometown.
wLKnJ TIL Rick Harrison from Pawn Stars dropped out of high school to pursue his $2,000-a-week business of selling fake Gucci bags.
LQo5Q TIL that there was a third atomic bomb scheduled to be detonated over an undisclosed location in Japan.
QJkEk TIL Vidkun Quisling, a Norwegian army officer who collaborated with Nazi Germany during the occupation of Norway, eventually established his name as a synonym for "traitor" in Norwegian and English.