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TIL that from 1974-1975 Chuckles (the jelly candies) sponsored stuntman Evel Knievel

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Lw8p TIL: Hitler was a creepy uncle to his Niece Geli Raubal, forbidding her to marry, having her accompanied everywhere and practically keeping her prisoner until she committed suicide in 1931, after which Hitler called her “The only woman he ever loved”
m1m9P TIL that most scissors are suited for righties and tend to fold up paper rather than cut it when used by lefties.
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