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TIL that the Hollywood Reporter published a column in 1937 criticizing actors for speaking out against Nazi Germany. The newspaper's managing editor chided stars who he said were courting "unpopularity" by speaking out against Hitler's regime.

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OoLgX TIl The clown loach, a tropical freshwater fish, has a movable spine behind its eye that can stab predators as a defense mechanism
x6Kkw TIL President Franklin Pierce’s campaign slogan was “We Polked you in '44, We shall Pierce you in '52”
v1mL TIL That there is a mysterious pit in Nova Scotia.. Excavation started in 1795 but to this day what is at the bottom of the hole remains a mystery.
epMJ4 TIL Steven Spielberg beat James Cameron to the film rights of Jurassic Park by just a few hours. However after Cameron saw Spielberg's film, he realized that Spielberg was the right person for it because dinosaurs are for kids and he would've made "Aliens with dinosaurs."
Vnak TIL that in addition to numerous allegations of corruption, the current president of FIFA once headed an organization whose mission was to outlaw nylons so women would be forced to wear garters which he considered sexier