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TIL that WWII rationing in the UK didn't end until 1954

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nMdB TIL the first animal to ask an existential question was from a parrot named Alex. He asked what color he was, and learned that it was “grey”. (pdf)
8amYZ TIL The first attempt to make an anti-Nazi film in America was Herman J Mankiewicz's "The Mad Dog of Europe" in 1933. The film floundered in early production and was ultimately never produced because no studio would risk being banned in Germany.
BrYwb TIL that in 1978 Sigmund Jähn, an East German Air Force pilot, was the first German in space. He joined the crew of Soyuz 31 on a manned space mission to the Soviet space station Salyut 6. Sigmund died on Sept. 21, 2019, at age 82.
GA95Q TIL ‘Genius dogs’ can learn names of more than 100 toys, study finds
0wppv TIL a 2011 study from UC Berkeley found that Mercedes and BMW drivers were nearly 5 times as likely to cut others off compared to drivers in non-luxury cars.