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TIL the businessman who founded Adidas the German sportswear company was a member of the Nazi party

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m7kx TIL Christopher Lee didn’t enjoy playing Dracula but he continued to appear in the titular role in nine different movies as he realized they were popular and kept people employed.
yygp TIL That the federal government takes a percentage (as high as 47% in recent years) of every raisin farmer’s crops… every year… without paying for them. This is due to an arcane law still on the books from WWII reconstruction.
X0O46 TIL: Suicides among Youth Drop During Summer and December Break When Schools are Closed.
b9EwE TIL Diego is a hoodland tortoise who was a part of a breeding programme. He fathered 900 offsrping, and is responsible for bringing the population out of near extinction to a 2000 strong population today.
e9ag TIL that a building burned down across the street from the Beach Boys’ studio right after they recorded the chaotic instrumental piece “The Elements: Fire”. Mentally unstable bandleader Brian Wilson was convinced for years the two were linked.