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TIL Winston Churchill believed that Prohibition in the United States was “an affront to the whole history of mankind”

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loB97 TIL an original VHS copy of “The Little Mermaid” is worth hundreds because a castle spire on the cover resembles a penis.
vPeRL TIL that movie star and European karate champion black belt Dolph Lundgren, who earned a Masters in Chemical Engineering and received a scholarship from MIT, is also an abuse survivor.
grAVA TIL: Pier Donia was a farmer turned rebel leader after his wife was killed and his village sacked. He started a guerilla campaign, slaughtering many towns. His main weapon was a great sword. One on display weighed 14.6lbs and is 7 ft long. His sword was featured on "Forged in Fire" season 9.
d8A19 TIL At the end of the Gulf War, 20 people died in Kuwait due to falling bullets from celebratory gunfire.
lenG TIL a local street sweeper from Detroit, Michigan, managed to catch and save 2 babies falling from buildings in separate incidents 1 year apart from each other.