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TIL Playboy Magazine is now published quarterly instead of twelve times a year and updated its slogan from “Entertainment for Men” to “Entertainment for All". The company’s licensed products — from shampoo to backpacks — bring in over $1 billion annually

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d89d7 TIL Churches in Europe once employed “dog whippers” who would whip unruly dogs on church grounds during services. They also popped sleepy parishioners on the head in England.
a88nL TIL that the official Hitler sent to coerce fascist Spain into joining the Axis in WWII was secretly opposed to Nazism. Unsurprisingly, he did not convince Spain to join the war. After the war, the Spanish government gave his widow a pension in gratitude.
xVLrb TIL about Pedro Rodrigues Filho, the killer who only targetted at criminals and those had wronged him. He was sentenced 126 years imprisonment, but since he kept killing criminals during his time in prison, his sentences was raised to 400 years.
1aDvV TIL of a mathematical formula named Rossmo's formula used to track down the homes of criminals based on where their crime-scenes were
yB1w TIL that the second Indiana Jones film is actually a prequel to the first film. Temple of Doom was set in 1934, 2 years before the events of Raiders.