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TIL that Winston Churchill was a major proponent of the Eugenics movement, and supported mass sterilisation

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oDnr TIL Al Jaffee, cornerstone artist for MAD Magazine (including the signature “Fold-Ins”) is still producing artwork at the sprightly age of 94.
M860 TIL that the singer Drake’s nickname among his fans in China is “gōng yā”, literally “male duck”, while Kanye West’s nickname in China is “kǎn yé”, which in Beijing dialect means “someone who brags a lot with no actions to follow it up”
ADlDl TIL about Sergeant York, a pacifist who was drafted into the US Army for WWI, and would later capture 132 Germans in a single raid on a German machine gun nest
BNme TIL Bootsy Collins started Bootsy Collins’ Funk University in 2010 to give bass players a deeper understanding of the funk.
yP9v TIL the screenwriter of Alien (1979), Dan O'Bannon, credited his experiences with Crohn’s disease for inspiring the chest-busting scene.