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TIL that Henry Ford published “The International Jew”, a 4-volume, 80-chapter chronicle of the “Jewish menace”

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woY5o TIL during ww2 acclaimed tv Chef Julia Child was on the team that invented shark repellent to keep sharks away from sea mines intended for German U- Boats. This marked Child's first foray into the world of cooking.
ErD0 TIL that over the last 35 years, a portion of the scientific community involved in researching domestic violence has been actively concealing and misrepresenting the evidence for “Gender Symmetry”: the fact that women and men perpetrate partner violence at comparable rates [PDF]
VBr5B TIL that the Mohawk language, which lacks the consonants P and B in native vocabulary, substituted them with K and W respectively in early loanwords from French. The modern language has now borrowed P as a consonant restricted to loanwords.
Myoa TIL the American Family Association has held boycotts and campaigns against Disney, American Girl, Ford, McDonalds, Campbell’s, Hallmark, Archie Comics, and Google for promoting equality
KYJPG TIL Lord of the Rings: Return of the King won every Academy Award it was nominated for. With 11 wins, it made history as the highest clean sweep in Oscars history.