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TIL It is estimated that 300,000 children were abducted by the Franco regime in Spain

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MebL0 TIL that Yakov Kreizer was the first Soviet general awarded the Hero of the Soviet Union title during World War II
XBgR TIL the day after Google took over Youtube, comedian Jessica Delfino’s song “My Pussy Is Magic” got banned for being inappropriate (it has medical textbook images and crude drawings of vaginas). Playboy.com then featured the video on its front page.
mxVbo TIL about Dehomag, a German subsidiary of IBM and was the main provider of computing equipment in Nazi Germany. It provided the German government with machines to conduct censuses and gave the Nazis a way of tracing Jews. The technology was used by the Gestapo to locate and arrest its victims.
LkGOd TIL that 85% of bikinis sold never touch the water
awl7o TIL that Julia Child’s first job was with the US Office of Strategic Services (predecessor to the CIA) during WWII. One of her accomplishments was developing a recipe for shark repellant for the OSS. Her husband was also OSS when they met. The CIA has released her files to the public.