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TIL Communists and Socialists who joined the Nazi Party were called ‘Beefsteak Nazis’ and in the 1930’s it was estimated that they made up to 70% of new recruits to the SA paramilitary.

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DJMe TIL George Washington said he’d never set foot in London again, so when Virginia gifted a statue of the president to Great Britain they also sent dirt from Virginia to put under the statue.
6968w TIL During the 19th century, Armand David was the first westerner to 'discover' the Giant Panda, which he believed to be a "new species". In the course of his explorations, Père David sent back to Paris specimens of 63 previously unknown animals and 65 birds.
oRppR TIL of the Malaysian version of rock paper scissors called One Two Som which uses Rock, Water and Bird. Water is a stretched out palm (same as paper), but a Bird is represented by all five finger tips held together to form a bird beak. Rock kills Bird, Bird drinks Water, and Water sinks Rock.
D1Owj TIL the name of the African country of Malawi translates literally to "Land of Flames," because iron working was the dominant economic practice of the pre-colonial kingdom that controlled the area. The sheer density of kilns were said to light up the countryside at night.
grwA7 TIL 70% of roughly 100 human deaths by grizzlies have been by mothers defending cubs, whereas, there is no record of a black bear mother killing anyone in defense of cubs. Mothers with cubs were involved in 3 of the 61 killings by black bears across America since 1900, but not in defense of her cubs