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TIL So much cow intestines were used in the production of German zeppelins that sausages were banned

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drZK TIL that Thomas Jefferson was the most multilingual President of the US. In addition to English, he was fluent in Greek, Latin, French, Italian and Spanish. There is also evidence he studied Arabic, Gaelic and Welsh.
78n5r TIL that Michael Jackson created an entire soundtrack for the 2005 adaptation of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, but declined to release it when he was refused the part of Willy Wonka
Z8EDG TIL of Anandibai Joshi, the first female doctor from India. She was also the first woman in India to complete her studies in western medicine from the United States.
bkd7 TIL that the company that created Zyklon B, the gas that was used to kill millions of Jews in the Holocaust, still exists, it is currently a pest control company.
PY4QG TIL Released in 1932, White Zombie is considered the first feature length zombie film. Reviewers were generally negative.