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TIL That prior to 1936, The South African Government Issued Licenses to Hunt Native African Tribesmen.

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OGxk7 TIL that the alien bodies retrieved at the 1947 Roswell crash were actually deformed children created by Nazi Joseph Melenge and sent by Stalin in an effort to create panic of a Mars invasion.
VvEZ TIL that the average American woman now weighs as much as the average 1960s man
NXAG6 TIL of the Iffland-Ring, a ring awarded to the most significant actor of the German-speaking theatre according to its previous owner, who pass on the ring by will. It was also considered cursed when, in 1954, Albert Bassermann's candidates all died shortly after being nominated as the recipient.
v1Ao7 TIL Leonardo DiCaprio used to be a break dancer before he made it big as an actor. According to him he thinks he kept getting rejected by agents because he was a break dancer at the time and had crazy haircuts.
0dQRR TIL the exact cause of Joseph Merrick's deformities (who was known as The Elephant Man) remains unclear. DNA tests on his hair & bones in 2003 were inconclusive because his skeleton had been bleached numerous times over the years before going on display at the Royal London Hospital.