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TIL that one of Hitlers highest ranking officers was half-jewish but Hitler declared him Aryan to get around it

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N05e TIL that two inmates sued the state of Alabama, claiming the cramped space in their cell was a cruel and unusual punishment. The state argued that students at Auburn University actually paid to live in even smaller living space in the Magnolia Dorm.
04kp TIL there is a “Redundancy Theory of Truth”, the belief that saying something is true is meaningless; e.g. “It is true that 2+2=4” means the same thing as “2+2=4”. Thus “truth” is a construct of language devoid of meaning. This solves the famous Liar Paradox (“This sentence is false.”)
8OPa TIL we laugh when we’re tickled because our brain believes we are about to be injured (ticklish spots are also spots of vulnerability) and is using laughter to convey submission to an aggressor
GYJ84 TIL nobody knew for certain if there was a point in a horses gait where all 4 legs were off the ground until it was finally settled in 1878 with 16 photos that captured it in quick succession. A horse ran over wires placed every 21 inches and triggered the shutter in ​one-thousandth of a second.
7A4O TIL that a bootleg was released entitled “Elvis’ Greatest Shit” consisting of Elvis’ worst material. It also featured a photo of his dead body on the cover.