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TIL Other than humans, the only other known mammal that enjoys eating chili peppers is the treeshrew.

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VBpA8 TIL of the Groom of the Stool, a nobleman who helped Renaissance-era English kings go to the bathroom and clean themselves. They later helped set national fiscal poolicy.
XEa8R TIL the US police once fire bombed a black neighborhood by dropping explosives from a chopper, burning down 61 houses in Philadelphia
69b0J TIL that physicist and biologist, Luigi Galvani’s work on Bioelectricity gave Mary Shelley inspiration for Frankenstein.
7rGKb TIL that Henry Ford was awarded the Grand Cross of the German Eagle which was a medal given to foreigners who agreed with the Nazi's ideology.
epNgb TIL about the white rose movement, a non-violent activist group within Germany that opposed the repulsive Nazi regime, that were murdered anyway for simply speaking out in opposition of tyranny