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TIL Wisconsin State Ban On Oleo Margarine Led To Smuggling

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KOMwQ TIL East Germans defected by various ways like digging long tunnels under the Berlin Wall, waiting for favorable winds and taking hot air balloons, sliding along aerial wires, flying ultralight aircraft and, in one case, driving a sports car at full speed through the basic, initial fortifications.
GYNdj TIL Rosemary Kennedy was developmentally disabled and lashed out regularly. She was given a lobotomy and asked to sing 'God Bless America'. They continued cutting away deeper into her brain until her singing became incoherent, then stopped.
DQwvP TIL director PT Anderson’s dad is legendary horror host Ghoulardi
b646E TIL: Osama Bin Laden's father had over 20 wives, and fathered over 50 children
885V TIL Tony Bennett fought on the front lines in Germany during WWII as an 18 year old G.I. He helped liberate a concentration camp and was demoted for eating lunch with his black friend.