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TIL the Association of German National Jews supported Hitler

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N7ABN TIL the world's best selling spirit is "baijiu", a Chinese sorghum-based liquor.
xVJy7 TIL The last two remnants of the virus known to cause smallpox, which are kept in tightly controlled government laboratories in the United States and Russia. In 2013, cloned variola major (smallpox) DNA fragments were found in a South African laboratory.
0dXaR TIL that the incentor of Pilates: Joseph Pilates, took inspiration for his exercises from cats, during British internment during WWI.
PYmaO TIL that transmitting data from person to person via hard drives and physical media is called the Sneakernet
gMkM7 TIL in 1589, William Lee was refused a patent grant for his knitting machine after Elizabeth I feared automation would lead to mass unemployment