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TIL that the Crying Indian from the Keep America Beautiful ads in the early 1970s was an Italian American.

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QWGk TIL that in addition to 6 million Jews, about an equal number of Christians, Catholics and Homosexuals were killed in Nazi concentration camps.
R7kw8 TIL that Washington DC police ran a fake hip-hop studio to attract criminals and record proof of their illicit deals. "Manic Enterprises" made 70 arrests, snagged $7.2 million in cocaine, and confiscated 161 illegal weapons. Cops shut it down after they heard a gang planned on robbing the studio.
MZGK TIL contrary to the belief that cocaine causes weight loss by suppressing appetite, research shows that, on the contrary, cocaine users eat more, but that cocaine directly interferes with metabolic processes related to fat storage, thus promoting weight loss in these individuals.
yVGNa TIL that as part of his 2014 reelection campaign, Indonesian legislator Eriko Sotarduga provided free haircuts and motorcycle repairs for locals.
V4QD TIL that claims of people being anal probed by aliens only became common after 1969, the year that colonoscopies were introduced. In 1989 there was a huge upsurge in anal probe reports as a result of the procedure becoming more widespread and Ronald Reagan undergoing one