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TIL that "Jews for Hitler" was a real organization. It was called the Association of German National Jews. It was disbanded after the Nazis came to power and its founder was sent to a concentration camp.

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4X1gN TIL some people don't like vegetables like cabbage and broccoli due to genes that make their taste buds super sensitive to having more of a protein that interlocks with phenylthiocarbamide, causing the sensation of bitterness. A very similar compound is found in brassicas, causing a similar reaction
4k5a TIL- Guinness Brewery wanted to improve the quality of its beer so they hired a statistician to help them. The statistician, William Sealy Gosset, did such a good job his work created the T-Test. The T-Test can be found in most every stats book published today.
rRmve TIL of a woman who has won the Lottery four times since 1993. She was outed as a PhD of Statistics from Standford University and had figured out the pseudo-number generator for the distribution of the winning tickets. She won a total of $17million, and has since moved to Las Vegas.
JYlEQ TIL that in 1836, Rachel Plummer then aged 17 was kidnapped and held prisoner by Comanches for 21 months. Her memoir is considered an invaluable glimpse into the culture and mindset of the Comanche as a people before disease and war forced them onto reservations.
BrNyK TIL the Hershey's holiday commercial "Christmas Bells" has aired every holiday season for the past 28 years