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TIL that in 1947 the US Military produced a film warning about how fascism takes hold in society

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LQOaP TIL the acne drug Minocycline can turn your bones to the color black
W9G4 TIL in 1988 Philly gangster Jackie DiNorscio, in the longest criminal trial in U.S. history, fired his lawyer, defended himself and through charm, wit and no legal experience, convinced a jury to acquit him and 19 other defendants of charges of loansharking, extortion, trafficking, arson and murder
0wMv5 TIL: Men may have larger noses than women because they generally have more muscle, demanding larger noses to breathe in more oxygen
wL46P Til that in 1949, the United States planned to targeted 70 Soviet cities with 133 nuclear weapons, of which eight would be dropped on Moscow and seven on Leningrad
JY754 TIL about Wilfred Pickles, a northern English BBC newsreader during the Second World War. Because of his strong Yorkshire accent, he was chosen for the job as "a deliberate attempt to make it more difficult for Nazis to impersonate BBC broadcasters".