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TIL America's treatment of Native Americans convinced Hitler of the practicality of genocide, and the Indian reservation system inspired him in creating concentration camps

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wL7wW TIL of Farley Files, created by Roosevelt's Campaign Manager, James Farley. They were notes about everyone FDR ever met (e.g. spouse's name, hobbies, prior meeting notes). Farley & FDR would review the files prior to any meeting and the effect was powerful and intimate for visitors.
NZGb TIL that Pope Francis, leader of the Catholic Church once worked as a bouncer in an Argentinean bar
5n0R TIL that the name “Haggen Dazs” has no meaning; The founder sat at his kitchen table for hours saying nonsensical words until he came up with something that would appeal to Americans.
X0pvr TIL humans have been eating pistachios for approximately 8,750 years.
wLyOY TIL That the fourth finger of the left hand is the ring finger because Romans believed that there was a vein that ran directly to the heart from that finger: the "vena amoris" or the "vein of love"