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TIL Brazil was home of the largest Nazi party outside Germany, with more than 40,000 affiliates.

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16vpX TIL that Kurt Waldheim was 'accidentally' elected UN Secretary-General in 1971, after the US, the UK, and China failed to coordinate their vetoes.
L1Or TIL that 90% of all liquorice is used in tobacco products. Besides adding flavor, it generates additional toxins and expands the airways, allowing users in inhale more smoke.
Br81b TIL: In 1943 Winston Churchill called upon Anglo-Portuguese Treaty of 1373 to allow the English Navy to lease ports in neutral Portugal. This gave England access to the Azores Islands and helped change the Battle of the Atlantic.
Pv4L TIL the Finnish word kalsarikännit means to get drunk at home, alone in your underwear
vgar TIL: Lap dancers earn significantly more per hour when ovulating (and most fertile) than during any other phase of their menstral cycle.