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TIL that Devrom is an “internal deodorant” that eliminates the odor of poop and flatulence

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ANo84 TIL that FDR was presented with a letter opener made out of a Japanese soldiers arm bone by Congressman Francis Walter. After several weeks he returned it and stated that he was unwilling to possess it, and suggested a burial for it
xV7M7 TIL Alaric, who became King of the Visigoths and sacked Rome in 410 CE, was conscripted as a Roman soldier earlier in his life. While fighting in the Alpine passes, he likely learned the weaknesses of Rome's natural defenses.
Z8vKD TIL In December 1973, Johnny Carson made a joke about an upcoming toilet paper shortage... the talk show host’s joke was blamed for causing a nationwide toilet paper shopping spree
grdr7 TIL That Hitler paid his respects to victims of America's largest (at the time) non-nuclear explosion when over 300 children & teachers died in New London
VMQEB TIL that the Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1972-1981, Kurt Waldheim, had been a Nazi officer during WWII. In 1986 it was discovered Jews had routinely been shot near his office during the war. This revelation got him a travel ban from the US.