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TIL The Creator of Sea-Monkeys was a Nazi

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lrJB TIL Brian Wilson, co-founder of the Beach Boys, was quoted saying “Once you’ve been labeled a genius, you have to continue it or your name becomes mud. I am a victim of the recording industry. I didn’t think I was a genius. I thought I had talent. But I didn’t think I was a genius.”
Br8Qr TIL in 2000, an Atlanta area sheriff ordered a hit on a rival that defeated him in an election. The hit was carried out by two deputies who were promised promotions.
dgBB TIL that while sleeping our sense of smell is turned off, meaning it cannot alert us to dangers such as a fire since we cannot be awoken by the smell.
pgaQ TIL Sweden didn’t allow Jews to live in the country until 1718. Before this time, Jews could only get in if they agreed to relinquish their faith practices. When they were finally granted permission to settle there, it was restricted to three cities.
PYjWe TIL the drink Ribena comes from the botanical name for the blackcurrant, Ribes nigrum