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TIL Henry Ford anti-semitic propaganda was likely the most sustained printed attacks on Jews the world had ever seen at his time -“I regard Henry Ford as my inspiration,” Hitler told the News.

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GvPJ TIL that Edward Packard came up with the “Choose Your Own Adventure” books when he told stories to his children, and allowed them to decide what the character did, and went on to sell of 250 million books.
nQd TIL Most movies depicting death by lava get it wrong, because you would not sink into the lava due to its density.
6Elm8 TIL each year about 100 US firefighters are convicted of arson. The issue is so prevalent that the South Carolina Forestry Commission and the FBI Behavior Analysis Unit both created profiles of an arsonist firefighter.
6EpB7 TIL Tapatio hot sauce is actually American and is exported from the U.S. to Mexico.
JYK6V TIL President James Garfield could write Latin with one hand and Greek with the other hand simultaneously