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TIL that the Nazis' anti-Jewish Nuremburg Laws were somewhat influenced by the American South's Jim Crow laws.

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kJArB TIL US President Calvin Coolidge was alarmed at the number of turkeys president's were offered on Thanksgiving. He halted the practice for a short while until 1925 and was then offered a live raccoon 'Rebecca'. He refused to eat her and kept her as a pet at the White House
pxlb TIL Leslie Nielsen was known for pranking people with a portable hand-controlled fart machine. His epitaph read: “Let ‘er rip”, a final reference to his favorite practical joke.
xV7mg TIL locusts are not a species. They are actually grasshoppers which have developed gregarious characteristics in suitable environmental conditions forming an organized group
ZxLG TIL that there was a Cold War Bunker Found in the Brooklyn Bridge.
Eg65w TIL Rap is an acronym that means Rhythym and Poetry