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TIL: USC removed their John Wayne exhibit because of the bigoted remarks he had made during his life.

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xVwKb TIL The Pied Piper Fairy Tale may have been inspired by an actual historical event. Inscription: “on the 26th of June ... 130 children – born in Hamelin – were led out of the town by a piper wearing multicoloured clothes. After passing the Calvary near the Koppenberg they disappeared forever."
rkxd TIL Heinz was caught underfilling its ketchup bottles and was ordered to overfill its ketchup bottles for the next year.
eV5n TIL that when Col. “Chappie” James was Vice Wing Commander under legendary ace Col. Robin Olds during the Vietnam War, they were known as “BlackMan & Robin.”
x6JKB TIL that after the F5 tornado tore through Joplin, Missouri a rare flesh-eating fungal infection known as 'cutaneous necrotizing mucormycosis' followed, infecting 13 and ultimately killing 5.
KYoWE TIL: That despite intense behind the scenes actions, Pope Pius XII was resolved not to issue any public pronouncement that took sides in WWII; this first manifested itself in a refusal to explicitly condemn the German invasion of Poland.