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TIL of the National Film Registry, a selection of movies deemed "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant" and has earned preservation by the Library of Congress.

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v79x TIL that during WWII women signed up to be impregnated by SS officers to help further the Aryan race. They waived all rights to the children they birthed, and they were raised in group homes that instilled Aryan beliefs.
x6av0 TIL that the chocolate makers J.S. Fry & Sons had a famous advert featuring a crying boy who becomes happy after having chocolate. The boy was actually forced to cry after having an ammonia soaked cloth wrapped around his neck by his dad, who then took a photograph of this used in the advert.
75GZ TIL a man bought a $400 shipping container and found a $2,000,000 Canadian warship engine inside
v1WdR TIL Sloths can carry a third of their body weight in feces, only poop once a week, and often die in the process because they have to come down to the ground to do it.
E1amW Today I learned of the California case Lodi v. Lodi, where a man sued himself, represented himself, and won by default after he failed to show up. The court wrote that “it is hard to imagine a more even-handed application of justice,”.