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TIL that Louis Armstrong wore a Star of David throughout his adult life in tribute to the Karnofskys, a family of Jewish peddlers who had given him work and warm friendship during his difficult childhood

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0w58A TIL that some whale vomit is used in perfumes, Is also worth a fair bit if u happen to stumble across it on a beach walk, Reedited
YpaD7 TIL That so many Purple Hearts were produced in the anticipation of the invasion of the Japanese mainland in WWII that they are still being issued today in Iraq and Afghanistan
4ARN TIL Croissants are not French, they are Austrian
lPo5 TIL New York Times Reporter William Seabrook, in the interests of research, obtained a chunk of human meat from the body of a healthy human killed in an accident, then cooked and ate it. He reported, “It was like good, fully developed veal, not young, but not yet beef.
Wk65X TIL pre-dissolution Soviet comedians had to have all their jokes approved by the Department of Humor. Jokes about politics, religion, and sex were banned, which left mostly jokes about animals.