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TIL Dodge City was once so associated with vice that it was nicknamed “the Sodom of the West.”

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R7Yl9 TIL that General LeMay, responsible for the firebombing of 63 Japanese cities during WW2, said “Killing Japanese didn't bother me very much at that time... I suppose if I had lost the war, I would have been tried as a war criminal.”
rok0 TIL that only 20% of products in outlet stores are overstock from their main counterparts. The rest are made or bought specifically for outlet stores.
9Y14X TIL: The USA long held the record for having the World's Tallest Chair --until 2014 when St. Florian, Austria's, great Lutz chair left much worldwide lesser giant furniture in the dust. XXXLutz and Holzleimbauwerk Wiehag GmbH worked together to build the epic seat that stands almost 100 feet tall.
4nrw TIL a U.S congressman who sits on the Committee on Science and Technology believes that evolution and other popular scientific theories are “lies straight from the Pit of Hell … lies to try to keep me and all the folks who are taught that from understanding that they need a savior.”
WPoX TIL, CBC had a contest to complete the phrase “as Canadian as ____” (by analogy with “as American as apple pie”). The winner: “as Canadian as possible, under the circumstances”