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TIL that the public had little knowledge of FDR’s paralysis and that he had a “gentleman’s agreement” with the press to not photograph him in his wheelchair

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rRwZ0 TIL that when Norway was occupied by the Germans in WW2, the Nazis made the Lebensborn program where Norwegian girls were forced into mating with Nazi officers and having their children. One of the Lebensborn women grew up to be Frida Lyngstad, who was a member of the Swedish band ABBA.
R7xl8 TIL Roxette's "It must have been love" was actually released in 1987, as a Christmas song, and when asked to contribute with a song to the soundtrack of "Pretty Woman" they just changed the words "it's a hard Christmas day" into "It's a hard winter's day".
yVbxp TIL you can pay to bathe in radioactive water in Japan
x6L90 TIL that there are a total of 33 places named Aberdeen worldwide
mxWXY TIL about Ussuri dholes which are rare, carnivorous canids native to wilderness areas ranging from the Indian subcontinent to northeast Asia. Also called Indian dholes, these endangered mammals are known to feed on herbivores such chitals, sambars, and gaurs, and occasionally on onagers and kiangs.