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TIL that Hitler, Trotsky, Tito, Freud and Stalin all lived in Vienna in 1913

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XdpQ TIL we use “lbs” as shorthand for pounds in English because of the Latin phrase “libra poundo”, which is also where we derived “pounds” from
Wkd5d TIL JFK’s senior thesis, which defends Britain’s pre-WWII actions, actions JFK’s father, Ambassador to Britain at the time, supported, sold 80000 copies. Political theorist Harold Laski declined writing a foreword, stating the book was immature and only being published because of the writer's father
VMalQ TIL Sigmund Freud considered believing in a single god to be a delusion. He also stated that religion "comprises a system of wishful illusions together with a disavowal of reality, such as we find in an isolated form nowhere else but amentia, in a state of blissful hallucinatory confusion".
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o1XL TIL that Canada qualified for the FIFA World Cup only once: in 1986. It placed 23rd out of 24 teams.