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TIL it took 20 hours to apply temporary tattoos to actor Rod Stegier for the movie ‘The Illustrated Man’

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x6ak0 TIL about the Pact of Forgetting: a deal made between both the left and right wing of Spanish politics after the death of Fransisco Franco. It stated that neither side should directly confront the legacy of Francoist rule, in order to allow the country to move on during the transition to democracy.
kOlng TIL that penguins, do indeed have knees.
5YADp TIL one of Hitler's earliest political endeavors was an unprecedented connected road network throughout Germany in order for Germans to "explore and appreciate" their country. It set the foundation for modern-day highway networks.
P1K1O TIL The Secret Service that protects the U.S. President used to be part of the Department of the the Treasury. Their original mission was to stop the spread of counterfeit money, a function which they still serve today.
lKrr TIL that “a nickname” was originally “an ekename”, literally meaning “additional name”. Over the years, the word was misdivided into “a nickname”.