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TIL Powdered sugar can be used to treat hemorrhoids
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TIL that “Third World” countries are not defined by their economy or development. Instead they are all the countries that were neither aligned with the US and its allies (first world) nor the USSR and its allies (second world) during the Cold War.
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TIL in 1932, Mussolini described antisemitism as a "German vice" and stated that "There was 'no Jewish Question' in Italy and could not be one in a country with a healthy system of government."
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TIL Henry Ford really hated jazz. He associated it with Jewish and black people, calling it "Monkey talk, jungle squeals, grunts and squeaks and gasps suggestive of calf love." To counter the popularity of Jazz, Ford poured tons of money into country music.
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TIL there have been 14 known fatalities in Britain from native adder bites since 1876. Recovery from a bite can take up to a year.
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TIL that 98% of adoptions in Japan are of males aged 25-30, so that family businesses can remain within the family.