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TIL contemporary Germans referred to Hitler’s style of mustache as a “snot brake.”

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d9XB TIL that people of the British Virgin Islands are British and EU citizens but the offical currency is USD, and they drive on the left side of the road but the cars are left hand drive.
p8mke TIL About 80,000 people are in solitary confinement in the U.S. every day. The average length of stay in solitary is 7.5 years. Solitary inmates are 5x more likely to commit suicide and 95% report new mental illnesses.
GwnJ TIL the original Mortal Kombat was based on a failed game inspired by Jean Claude Van Damme; they kept the JCVD character and named him Johnny Cage. (Also: MK Fatalities led to the creation of the ESRB rating system.)
wo5ro TIL that guard geese were used to protect American military installations in West Germany in 1986
v1XDL TIL Fred Phelps was a civil rights lawyer who earned recognition from the NAACP before founding the Westboro Baptist Church. He was also excommunicated from the church before his death for having a change of heart about his religious beliefs.