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TIL in the 1900s the Austerlitz family in Omaha, Lutheran German emigrants, moved to New York City in hopes of finding fortune through their children's vaudeville talents. The son wore a top hat and studied tango, waltz, and other ballroom dances. He would become Fred Astaire.

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wLlL1 TIL a fleet of Italian-built C-27A cargo planes were purchased for the Afghan Air Force in 2012. Including maintenance costs, the total tab was $596 million. In 2012 they sold them for scrap metal for $32,000 US dollars (six cents a pound.)
6E48J TIL that when the government of Kazakhstan threatened to sue Sacha Baron Cohen for the movie 'Borat', Baron Cohen (in character as Borat) replied: "I'd like to state that I have no connection with Mr. Cohen and fully support my government decision to sue this Jew".
M77gm TIL of the Great Wall of Vaginas. Women from all over the world volunteered to have their genitalia set in plaster and displayed anonymously. From the Author, It is not about pornography and it is not about art or titillation but to make the sexual nonsexual and the amazement of human variety.
NmlN TIL The Tillman Act of 1907 was the first legislation in the U.S. prohibiting monetary contribution to national political campaigns by corporations. Roosevelt called for the prohibition after charges were made against him for his acceptance of corporate contributions to his presidential campaign.
eGoL TIL of “Shifting Baseline Syndrome”, where each generation uses previous reference points as baselines despite those points representing significant changes from even earlier states. Each generation defines the “natural” state differently, and large changes over time often go unnoticed.