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TIL it is illegal to touch a pregnant woman’s belly in Pennsylvania

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QJV06 TIL: Out of 24 SS Death Squad leaders, prosecuted in 1947 for the direct killings of more than 1m people, 9 were jurists, 1 university professor, 1 opera singer, 1 expert in art history, 1 architect, 1 economist, 2 teachers, 1 priest, 1 dentist
Oo8DR TIL public urinals or "Pissoirs" were used by the French Resistance during World War II as places to meet for a private conversation or to leave a message for someone without the Nazi’s finding out.
0danp TIL in 2007 Colgate was warned against using its advertising claim that "more than 80% of dentists recommend Colgate" in the UK. It implied 80% picked Colgate over its rivals, yet the dentists surveyed were able to name more than one brand & a rival was recommended almost as much as Colgate was.
VMBxk TIL that in 2013, Star Wars was dubbed in Navajo, making it the first major film to be dubbed in a Native American language
kQ71 TIL BBC News was broadcast to Nazi occupied Europe, with live Big Ben tolls. German physicists found a way to determine the weather conditions in London based on the bell tone, thus offering invaluable help to the Luftwaffe.