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TIL that in the 1970’s Family Feud host Tony Barber accidentally asked a male contestant if he had a boyfriend. To save face he re-asked the question this time asking if he had a girlfriend. The male contestant said “No…I’m gay”, leading to a roar of laughter and applause

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jN65X TIL that “cat got your tongue” originates from Ancient Egypt where they cut the tongue for punishing blasphemy and fed to cats
VM0EZ TIL out of the 3 volunteers who went in 1986 on a suicide mission to open the valves of the pool at the Chernobyl plant 2 are actually still alive
Eg0kX TIL: in 1974 there was a Four-Year War between two communities of chimpanzees called the Gombe Chimpanzee War
ADVpB TIL: American companies were THE number one entities that helped Germany rearm them selves after WWI, illegally.
laaK TIL that Hitler had captured Stalin’s son as a prisoner of war and offered to exchange him with a German Marshal prisoner. Stalin responded “I will not trade a Marshal for a Lieutenant.”