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TIL that during Benito Mussolini's rule in Italy, homosexuals were rounded up and sent to the Tremiti archipelago.

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5VmW8 TIL In 1971, Kissinger said to Nixon: “I don’t see why we need to stand by and watch a country go communist due to the irresponsibility of its people.” He was referring to Chile’s democratic choice of a communist leader, Salvador Allende.
68pX TIL that Thomas Jefferson once said that “If ever this vast country is brought under a single government, it will be one of the most extensive corruption, indifferent and incapable”
grrLX TIl - There's no evidence that the word hoser was ever actually used by Canadians before appearing on SCTV's "Bob and Doug McKenzie" sketches
x6e85 TIL - Appetite control in the human body is so complex that there are ~20 appetite inhibitory hormones and 6 appetite stimulatory hormones all acting to maintain our satiety. This complex biology has made it exceptionally difficult to formulate drug interventions for appetite control.
jaQN TIL that the word “Sioux” is not actually a word. It is a partial word from “Nadowessioux” which is an insult that means “little snakes.” The tribes associated with this nomenclature are actually the Dakota, the Lakota, and the Nakota.