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TIL Leonard Nimoy directed “3 Men And A Baby”

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l7Mr TIL a scumbag is a used condom
VM08k TIL When being sworn in as Vice President, Andrew Johnson gave a drunken address to Congress while Lincoln watched sadly. Afterwards he hid from ridicule at a friends house and Lincoln assured the public he wasn’t a “drunkard”. A month later Lincoln was assassinated and he became President.
mxXMx TIL that 1.) cannabinoids such as THC and CBD protect hemp and marijuana plants from UV rays much like sunscreen protects human skin from UV rays and 2.) the sails that carried European colonizers across the world are made from the hemp fiber.
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WkQPX TIL Konstanz is one of the few towns in Germany left untouched by the Second World War. Instead of blackout, the city would leave all its lights on at night in order to fool Allied bomber crews into thinking that it was part of nearby Switzerland.