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TIL that childhood asthma and eczema are associated with anxiety, depression and poor maternal mental health

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m1DDR TIL Zog I crowned himself the first (and only) King of Albania, smoked 200 cigarettes a day, survived 55 assassination attempts, and was declared 'Public Enemy #1' by the government and fled with a suitcase full of gold
9wWpG TIL that Nottingham has an area called Gotham, the Wayne Manor filming location from the Nolan series and even its own Joker who attacked someone with a bowling ball.
LQYR9 TIL that Nazi commander Dirlewanger's troops performed experiments on Polish citizens that resulted in their deaths, then their corposes were cut into small pieces, mixed with horsemeat, and boiled into soap. Dirlewanger was described as "perhaps the most sadistic of all commanders of World War II".
RdO9 TIL: Jim Henson’s Muppets were regular “cast members” on the first season of Saturday Night Live, but the human cast members and writers weren’t entirely fond of the furry folks because they took away screen time from them and seemed childish. Jim Belushi called them the “Mucking Fuppets”.
mW9O TIL that “The Safety Dance” is a protest against bouncers stopping dancers pogoing to 1980s new wave music in clubs when disco was dying and new wave was up and coming.