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TIL the Americans with Disabilities Act protects individuals with alcoholism and addictions to legal substances from workplace discrimination

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LkgNv TIL at the Teheran Conference, Stalin proposed executing 50,000–100,000 German officers. Roosevelt, believing Stalin was not serious, joked that "maybe 49,000 would be enough". Churchill ended up storming out of the room and did not come back until Stalin claimed that the proposal was a joke indeed.
OGyVa TIL Redeeming a "shooting star" Tootsie Pop wrapper for a free candy was only sponsored by local convenience store owners through rumors and never officially sponsored by Tootsie Roll Industries
PY14E Today I learned navy pilots decided to fuck around and draw a massive dong using jet trails over Okanogan
6EvGw TIL a former engineer in Japan claims to be the only heir to authentic ninjutsu. In his 60s, Jinichi Kawakami decided he will not appoint anyone as the next ninja grandmaster, saying: "we now have guns, the internet and much better medicines, so the art of ninjutsu has no place in the modern age."
d8bKE TIL that the earliest known example of telephone technology in the Western Hemisphere was created 1,200 to 1,400 years ago by the Chimu people of Peru. It's comprised of two gourds connected by a 75-foot cotton-twine cord, similar to the soup-can phones children make today. It's in the Smithsonian.