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TIL that Arches National Park in Utah has a rock column known as The Phallus

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16QXO TIL: During WW1, there was an American volunteer vigilante group known as "The Knights of Liberty" which targeted Germans, labor activists, "slackers", and anyone seen as disloyal to America. They would either tar and feather, lynch, or beat them. They claimed to have over 2 million members in 1918.
kO4o7 TIL Steven Spielberg resented his father for divorcing his mom which influenced his early works of ET and Close Encounters. But later Steven found out his mom cheated on his dad and so he made father/son reconciliation a theme in Catch Me If You Can and Lincoln.
Oojkg TIL That there was a professional football league in the 80s known as the USFL and fielded a team from New Jersey known as the Generals
JjQv TIL Starbucks uses round tables to make solo coffee drinkers feel less alone.
ZRWD TIL: The USA overthrew the democratically elected leader of Iran and installed a dictator.