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TIL that during the 50s til 70s the UK Foreign Office had a program of destroying or hiding files from its ex-colonies, as they gained independence, if they that could embarrass the UK government. This happened in over 20 countries and included documents pertaining to torture and racial biases.

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W7kBA TIL that Rhode Island School of Design’s (RISD)—one of the most prestigious architectural and design schools in the world— mascot is called scrotie and all their team names are dick puns
Oolla TIL there was a flu which caused a global pandemic in 1968 and 1969 and led to millions of deaths. It remains in circulation today as a strain of the seasonal flu.
yQPrv TIL of Saturn, an American Alligator born in 1936, who is rumoured to have met Hitler and survived the Battle of Berlin as one of only 96 out of 16000 animals from the Berlin Zoo to survive WW2. He was moved to Moscow Zoo after the war where he still lives today.
v14ZB TIL Sasha Baron Cohen once used an alter-ego to interview a concierge in Las Vegas who admitted to possess contact information for deliverance of kids down to the age of 8. Sasha left the scene out of his show and provided the footage to FBI who decided not to pursue the case.
6Aam TIL that Hugo Jaeger, one of Hitler’s personal photographers, took thousands of photographs, regularly in color film, during his time with the Fuhrer. He buried the photographs near Munich and didn’t show them to anyone until 1965, when he sold them to Life Magazine. In 2009 they were published.