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TIL the sign language for Hitler is making a moustache with two fingers and raising your right hand.

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dDZbE TIL after Columbus landed in the Americas in 1492, they discovered Taino people roasting meat over a grill, allowing the flames and smoke to envelop the meat for a certain flavor. Called "barabicu" by the Taino, the technique spread to Europe and the colonies, and is now known as Barbecue.
ZbvQ TIL: A former chemist admitted to the tampering of nearly 40,000 drug cases, making them falsely positive.
kEPE TIL a computer tech forgot to install some new code in a server. This resulted in a high speed stock trading company that did $21 billion in daily trades to go bankrupt in 45 minutes
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