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TIL that Henry Ford loved Hitler and received the Nazi regime’s highest medal for a foreigner

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M7NlA TIL that Chile's only two Olympic gold medals were both won in men's tennis in 2004
aw7eL TIL that after it's use in a 2007 gameshow, Men At Work were sued for copyright infringement as the flute lead of "Down Under" resembled a children's song from the 1930's. According to singer Colin Hay, the stress of the court case led to the death of his father and the band's flutist, Greg Ham.
Oodm7 TIL Henry VIII may have been a carrier for the rare Kell blood antigen that would have caused his wives’ antibodies to attack their Kell-positive fetuses, resulting in neonatal death
jNPZQ TIL almost every species of cactus in the world grows in the Americas, except for the mistletoe cactus which grows in the tropics of Africa. It's unknown why this is the only cactus species outside of the Americas.
Zp7gB TIL of The Bachelor of Powalgarh, an exceptionally large, man-eating Indian Bengal tiger, which was sought after and eventually shot and killed by Jim Corbett in 1930. The tiger was 10 feet 7 inches long