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TIL There is a flower named "Blue Dicks" Dichelostemma Capitatum

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bZ9p TIL German actor Conrad Veidt (“Casablanca”, “Cabinet of Dr. Caligari”, and inspiration for The Joker) was so anti-Nazi that Hitler ordered him assassinated. He managed to escape Germany and make his way to Hollywood. Once there, he was quickly typecast as a Nazi.
GALM5 TIL in 2007, Hamburg Mannheimer International (HMI), now part of Munich Re, held a party in Budapest with 20 prostitutes to reward 100 of its best salesmen
xV5Zg TIL puppy mills breed over 2 million puppies each year, and an estimated 1.2 million dogs are euthanized in shelters every year.
KZ49 TIL that the most recorded musician in history is Carol Kaye, a bass guitarist who recorded with the Beach Boys, Joe Cocker and others and she’s 79 years old and available for music lessons on Skype.
aE7L Today I learned Twitter bought Vine for $30 million months before it was even officially released.