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TIL the name of Hitler's moustache style is called the "toothbrush moustache".

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WkVbY TIL from 1982-1983, three men in Allentown PA competed in a radio contest in which they lived on top of a billboard in tents. Whoever stayed up longest would win a house. Due to economic pressure from the recession, none of the contestants wanted to give up, so the contest lasted almost 9 months.
OGQRe TIL that in 1963, the British army tested how long a WWI Vickers Machine Gun could fire. It fired 5 Million Rounds, Firing Continously for Seven Days, an Average of 500 Rounds Per Minute for 10 000 Minutes.
rRJXy TIL about the General Archive of the Indies, a building in Seville, Spain that contains millions of documents regarding the colonization and administration of the Americas, with original scriptures from people like Christopher Columbus, Ferdinand Magellan, and various Conquistadors
VBdJk TIL the reason why schools start on September is because a holiday in the summer meant that children could work on the fields with their parents
9PVr TIL Will Smith turned down playing Neo(The Matrix) to make the wild wild west.