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TIL Since most English pirates were from London, most pirates probably didn’t ‘talk like pirates’.

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oBEPr TIL Adolf Hitler was in a relationship with his half-niece, who later ended up killing herself because Hitler forbade her to marry the person she was interested in.
xlM1 TIL that since 1989 the federal government has paid $2.4 billion in awards for 3100+ injuries/deaths proven to have been caused by adverse reactions to vaccinations. Not a single one of the 4,564 claims of vaccine-caused autism was found to have merit.
pYR0A TIL the origin of "32 skidoo"; attn super fans of Bob's Burgers. If you recall that episode with the birthday party with the old timee theme and the over the top parents, you're in luck, found the sauce. PBS documentary, "Fly with Me" at the 46:06 mark. Phrase refers to forced retirement at 32
PoXJ TIL Hitler had an Irish nephew called William Patrick Hitler. He thought Adolf was a perverted madman and after emigrating from Ireland to the US he ended up enlisting to fight against his uncle in the medical corps
p7Me TIL a man was once killed and eaten by his collection of spiders, snakes, and lizards. He was found draped in silk, spiders coming out of his nose and mouth. Chunks of his flesh, torn off by lizards, had been carried off by his tarantulas.