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TIL the head of the Nazi SA “brownshirt” paramilitary group was gay, appointed other gays to prominent Nazi SA positions & was so close to Hitler, he was the only person who called him by nicknames like “Adi” instead of “mein fuhrer”

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PnyL TIL Franklin D. Roosevelt issued the greatest number of executive orders per year of any American president before or since.
DMbj TIL The United States attempted to buy Greenland in 1946 for $100,000,000
yVYMX TIL 50% of humans are infected with Toxoplasma gondii parasite that, among all else, causes victims to feel affection towards cats
RVxa TIL that our brains have the tendency to start to shut down when presented with ideology different from our own, with less blood being delivered to the parts of our cortex responsible for rational thought, until another statement is presented that confirms our beliefs
WkPp4 TIL Mars, Inc, maker of M&Ms and Snickers, is also America’s largest veterinary provider. Since 2007, the corporation has bought many animal hospital and laboratory networks, now employing over 9% of all U.S. veterinarians.