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TIL the “soap” in soap operas comes from household cleaning companies sponsoring shows and controlling the ads that were shown

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oBQBY TIL in 1996, NASA established the Breakthrough Propulsion Physics program in order to research propulsion that requires no propellant mass. Topics of interest include experiments and theories regarding gravity and electromagnetism, vacuum energy, warp drives and worm-holes and quantum effects.
WO7L TIL That 2 million people died during the battle of Stalingrad. Both the Axis and USSR lost more men in that battle than the US did the whole war
N7Dob TIL the Iroquois Confederacy, founded by the Great Peacemaker in 1142, is the oldest living participatory democracy on earth. The US constitution was influenced by the political system developed by the Iroquois Confederacy.
oNAE TIL the Yakuza operate openly in Japan: they have offices, make charitable donations, and even have large investments in mainstream companies
QJvmL TIL that the youngest son of Benito Mussolini (Italian Dictator) is a Jazz Musician