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

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DmDj TIL that Netflix uses disguised warehouses and unmarked trucks for security purposes.
0lXM TIL that Ted Lindsay - one of the greatest players in NHL history - refused to attend his own Hall of Fame ceremony because women weren’t allowed to attend. The league changed the rules to allow women the following year.
Egbr0 TIL SoFi Stadium's 5 billion dollar construction cost was entirely funded by private investors with no tax payer money.
g77y TIL President Garfield’s assassin chose an ivory-handled gun over a similar wooden-handled model because he knew it would look better in a museum exhibit.
OPxg TIL many shelters won’t allow black cats to be adopted around Halloween, for fear that they may be sacrificed or tortured