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TIL-Dr Asperger’s real accomplishment was identifying the full autism spectrum. He identified “higher functioning” autistic children to the Nazis in an effort to save them from mass murder in their eugincs program.

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0wP8L TIL that one of the things the Mafia can trace it's origins to is the citrus trade in the mid 1800's. The extortion, intimidation, and protection rackets that characterize Mafia activity were first practiced and perfected in the citrus gardens of Palermo, Italy.
OGMPY TIL there are only two U.S. mass school shooters from the past century who are alive and not incarcerated. That's because they were 11 and 13 at the time of the crime.
GVkN TIL that Brad Pitt was banned from ever entering China because of his role in Seven Years in Tibet
Y48r TIL that during WWII, other candy manufacturers donated their sugar rations to keep Life Savers in production so that the little candies could be shared with Armed Forces as a “tasty reminder of life at home”.
WxwL TIL Male US Marines in uniform cannot carry an umbrella