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TIL Cross Dressing Ken doll was an employee prank

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rdw TIL that the Health Minister of South Africa who served for 9 years, actively promoted the treatment of AIDS with garlic, beetroot and African potatoes, while claiming that Anti Retroviral drugs don’t work.
76m7 TIL Prince once rented Carlos Boozer’s house in LA, then proceeded to renovate it without permission, then gave Carlos Boozer $1 million to undo the renovations.
M7gA8 TIL that 'The Omega Man' (1971) has among the first interracial kisses in film, between Charlton Heston and Rosalind Cash. When Whoopi Goldberg asked Heston about the kiss in 1992 on her talk show, Heston leaned in and kissed a pleasantly surprised Goldberg.
MexY0 TIL the dog breed, Leonberger were used a lot in both World Wars in and around Germany. So many of the dogs were abandoned or killed in action due to invasions that every currently living Leonberger can be traced back to only 8 that remained from WWII.
vPjjL TIL a mentally unstable man in Canada cut down a rare golden spruce tree, sacred to Indigenous people, to protest the logging industry. His trial was on the island where he cut down the tree. Fearing for his safety, he opted to kayak there solo rather than take a plane. He hasn't been seen since.