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TIL that crocodiles and alligators are practically immortal

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wgXJ TIL: In 1930, Babe Ruth signed a contract for a record breaking $80,000. He was asked by a reporter what he thought of his yearly salary being more than President Hoover’s $75,000. His response: “I know, but I had a better year than Hoover.”
9D4M TIL the age of consent in Chile is 14, but only for heterosexual sex. Homosexual activity is declared illegal with anyone under 18 years old.
69lvQ TIL that Robinson, the designer of Mount Rushmore, initially wanted to sculpt the likenesses of Western heroes like Oglala Lakota leader of Red Cloud, the explorers Lewis and Clark, and Buffalo Bill Cody into stones pinnacles next to the current location of the monument
5YaYR TIL a single man submersible canoe was developed for special operations in WW2
R5Lvj TIL in 1940 a group of four chiefs officially forswore use of the swastika - an ancient symbol of friendship in many Native American cultures - and ceremonially burned a pile of textiles bearing the symbol as an act of repugnance against the Nazis.