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TIL Hitler didn’t officially become a German citizen until 1932, a year before he would become Chancellor

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YpNdr TIL F Lee Bailey was featured in a television special in which he examined various people on the "Paul is dead" rumor. One of them was Fred LaBour, who had been instrumental in the spread of the rumor. LaBour told Bailey pre-show that he had made the whole thing up.
QJRld TIL there was a pandemic in the early 20th century that caused life-long stupor and Parkinsonism in survivors, with many sleeping during the day and waking at night. It resulted in the deaths of millions of people worldwide. Called "Sleeping Sickness", the causative agent has never been found.
Bry8b TIL that bats are one of just a few species, besides humans, that communicates directly to individual bats, instead of just making broad communication sounds.
gdED TIL that Oprah Winfrey is currently North America’s only black billionaire.
p8k5N TIL Ethiopia adopted Christianity in 330 AD, just 17 years after the Roman empire. Despite the rise of Islam, fall of the Byzantine Orthodox Church, and being cut off from all other Christians for centuries Ethiopia remained Christian. They remain the only majority Orthodox Christian African nation.