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TIL that a German family worth close to $40B built their wealth as hardcore Nazis starting in the 1920s. They now own Panera, Krispy Kreme, Dr. Pepper, Snapple, Jimmy Choo and 12 percent of the global coffee market.

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BgrGd TIL About Old Rip - a horned frog that survived 30 years in a time capsule & was the inspiration for the Looney Tunes frog who sand "Hello my baby"
Zp44Y TIL Orion Pictures felt the 1989 film UHF would be more successful if it was PG-rated. To do it, two scenes would have been removed: one where a man gets his thumb cut off with a table saw and one where poodles were thrown out a window. Weird Al refused and did not regret it. No poodles were harmed.
yQV8p TIL If the earth suddenly stopped spinning everything would instantly accelerate to 1,000 mph. Other very bad things would happen too.
NVB8 TIL: A German citizen was arrested by the CIA, taken in secret to Afghanistan, tortured, sodomized, and held captive for 5 months. His lawsuit against the U.S./CIA was dismissed to “preserve state secrets”.
mxwJO TIL about the Canadian HMCS Haida, which became known as "The Fightingest Ship in the Navy" after sinking 14 German ships and submarines in just over a year during WW2. The Haida went on to take part in the Korean War, and now serves as a museum ship and national historic site in Canada.