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TIL that Senator Joe McCarthy defended top SS troopers after WW2 in what was known as the Malmedy Massacre Trials.

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R55A4 TIL The Danny Trejo character Machete originated in the Spy Kids movies
Nnk8 TIL that an average dog can learn 165 words, count up to 4 or 5 and even have a basic understanding of arithmetic.
pJ08 TIL there are turntables that play records using a laser instead of a needle, and are so accurate that they play the dirt and dust collected in the record grooves
VjW8 TIL Woolworth’s (huge department store until the 1980’s) did not go out of business completely… it just got smaller and changed its name to Foot Locker
neylr TIL that the first time the movie Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory was broadcast on American television the first 40 minutes was not shown, because the football game that preceded it went into overtime.