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TIL Earth is not flat but rather round.

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Zpy0Q TIL that one of Hitler's earliest allies and close friends, Ernst Röhm, was actually openly homosexual, despite the Nazis' hatred for homosexuality. He was the leader of the SA until 1934, when he was killed during the Night of the Long Knives.
kJZ0W TIL that Tom Tom Club's Tina Weymouth did not play bass on the band's studio recording of "Genius of Love". She suffered a bad hand cramp from overplaying and had to enlist the help of an assistant studio engineer, likely Kendall Stubbs from Compass Point Studios, Bahamas, where the LP was recorded.
P19dg TIL the name Dennis is derived from Dionysus, the Greek god of ecstatic states, particularly those produced by wine.
epdO6 TIL In 2023, Guinness World Records recognized Pepper X as the world's hottest chili pepper
ep7EL TIL about the “golden horse”, thought to be the oldest existing horse breed, and has a very distinctive metallic sheen to their coats.