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TIL in the 1970s Gerber attempted to market "adult baby food" to college students and other young adults.

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XOrP TIL that Pablo Picasso, living in Nazi-occupied Paris, suffered harassment from the Gestapo. One officer allegedly asked him, upon seeing a photo of his painting Guernica in his apartment, “Did you do that?” Picasso responded, “No, you did.”
rNLNM TIL a town in Colorado had an unelected mayor serve for over 50 years. He was appointed mayor pro tem because the then-mayor didn't want to sign liquor licenses, and inherited the post when the mayor died. The town considered doing an election in 1974, but it was too expensive.
wo5po Today I learned that the largest snowman ever built was in Maine in 2008 and measured 122 feet, 7 inches tall.
Dyne TIL a commando unit of 12 men sabotaged a heavy water plant in Norway in WWII, crippling Nazi attempts at developing an atomic bomb.
Z8Qy4 TIL thousands of people of Jewish decent were conscripted or volunteered into the German army during WWII, some ending up in senior positions. Hitler personally signed off on the "declaration of German blood" for 77 high-ranking officers who had Jewish parents or were married to Jews.