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TIL that a film version of "It Can't Happen Here" was passed on for being "anti-facist".

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1aG8X TIL The Titanic had an older sister ship called "Olympic", which became the only civilian ship to sink an enemy warship during WWI, when it turned around and rammed a German submarine attempting to attack it. The sub was gashed open by The Olympic's propellor.
9YpN6 TIL that Queen Elizabeth uses signals with her handbag to send secret messages to her staff
Brank TIL of bog butter—an ancient waxy substance often found buried in peat bogs that was used as a way of preserving butter in ancient Ireland. The butter would gain flavor notes from its surroundings that were namely described as “gamey,” “moss,” “funky,” “pungent,” and “salami.”
E1J6X TIL that most of the paraphiliacs are comfortable with their paraphilia as Québec Science says somewhere. That mean that if a pedophile says that he's sorry for praying on children and he'll never do that again, he may still do it again but with extra caution.
Nxa1 TIL Islamic author Ibn Warraq has argued due to a translation error, what awaits Islamic martyrs in heaven may not be 72 “virgins,” but 72 “white raisins”.