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TIL that the skeleton of Josef Mengele has been used as a teaching tool in Brazil

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JYL04 TIL that AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson was frequently quoted as having said "Screw the customers, I'm taking care of the shareholders."
7EmO TIL that Daryl Davis, a black musician, is credited with dismantling the entire KKK network in Maryland. He did this by befriending many members, even going so far as to serve as a pallbearer at a Klansman’s funeral.
oR9xo TIL of Tomtex, a fake leather made from chitosan, a bio-polymer extracted from waste seafood shells. Unlike other leather alternatives TomTex is not mixed with PVC or polyurethane
gMVAL TIL that Alessandra Mussolini, the daughter of Axis dictator Benito Mussolini, is Sophia Loren's niece, released a #1 pop record in Japan, appeared in topless in Playboy, has acted in a dozen films, and has been a member of Parliament since 1992
xolD TIL that under UK law, a woman cannot commit rape.