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TIL that in Rocky Horror Picture Show the red triangle Dr. Frank ‘n’ Furter wears over his heart was used by the Nazis in concentration camps to denote that the wearer was a gay man, but it was pointing downward. He wore it pointing upward, which is often used as a symbol of gay pride….

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Oo8Ge TIL During WW2 air support had been requested against a German occupied city. By then, the British took the city but were unable to radio the RAF to stop the bombing, so a pigeon named G.I. Joe was sent to stop it, arriving just as the planes were preparing to take off, saving thousands of men.
xG9w TIL that after their life support is turned off, brain-dead patients may suddenly cross their arms over their chest for a few seconds. This is known as the Lazarus sign and is one of several ‘striking movements’ that may occur
e0N1n TIL the original British "Peelers" (police) had to be at least 5'7, 20-27 years old, and wear their uniform even when off-duty. They couldn't vote, and needed permission to marry or even eat with a civilian.
EgGax TIL when John Steinbeck published The Grapes Of Wrath in 1939, a farm worker with two leaders of California Associated Farmers publicly burned a copy of the book because he did not like what he heard about it, even though he had not read it. After reading it years later, he said he “had no regrets.”
awppM TIL that in Australia there exists “kangatarianism”, which is essentially a vegetarian diet that excludes all meat except kangaroo meat on environmental and ethical grounds.