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TIL that Bruce Springsteen has a firefighter son

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bNo0 TIL in 1942, a Finnish engineer Thor Damen secretly recorded 11 minutes of a conversation between Adolf Hitler and Finnish Defence Chief Gustaf Mannerheim. It is the only known recording of Hitler’s normal voice.
D19OJ TIL about the Mako Mori Test, an improved version of the Bechdel test which examines whether or not a work of fiction includes at least one female character with her own narrative arc which does not exist to support the narrative arc of a male character.
vPO5r TIL that the disability with the highest unemployment rate is actually schizophrenia, at 70-90%
05mp TIL that there is a secret swimming pool in the Mojave Desert that anyone who finds it can use.
jbbv TIL Benjamin Harrison, 23rd President of the United States, had electricity installed in the White House for the first time. He and his wife were so scared of being electrocuted that they wouldn’t touch the light switches, often going to sleep with the lights on.