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TIL Many people in the United States believe that the Nazis were a left wing party.

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xV4dw TIL In 2016, Rolling Stone magazine named The Sopranos as the Greatest TV Show of All Time. The American crime saga created an immortal antihero in James Gandolfini's New Jersey Mob boss, Tony Soprano, presiding over a crew of gangsters who also double as damaged husbands and dads.
VMV5D TIL that John Lloyd Wright, the son of Frank Lloyd Wright, invented Lincoln Logs
oRRLE TIL that when Philip Morris marketed a "fire-safe" cigarette, it was a greater fire risk than conventional cigarettes and they fired the scientist that tried to warn them.
mxElo TIL of Ching Shih, a woman that controlled a pirate fleet of 300 ships and around 40,000 men off the coast of China during the 1800's.
LQ7nv TIL the bubble style glass on pub windows not only offers privacy by distorting what's inside, but was sold cheaper as it was the last part in the process of blowing glass, perfect for establishments