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TIL 90% of Native Americans have no issue with the name “Washington Redskins”

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8e0OG TIL that the Auschwitz "Arbeit macht frei" sign features an inverted "B" - Jan Liwacz, Konzentrationslager prisoner who made the sign, inverted the letter in defiance of Nazi oppression. Jan Liwacz survived Auschwitz and Mauthausen and died in 1980 a respected and well known artisan smith.
4XD1g TIL that it is illegal to not stop for gas on the German Autobahn, and there's a subsequent fine imposed too. "Running out of fuel is considered an avoidable occurrence, as by law there are petrol stations directly on the autobahn approximately every 50–55 km"
R7rYQ TIL that 'Baba Yetu', the theme song for Civilization IV, became the first piece of video game music to be nominated for, and win, a Grammy Award.
9X86 TIL: Personal incomes in the US have fallen 10-15% for working age men since the year 2000.
a8Qn9 TIL in the 1980s, the British rock band Gene Loves Jezebel was formed by twin brothers Michael & Jay Aston. Around 1997, they split into two bands, each with the same name due to separate US/UK naming rights. The Mountain Goats' song "Abandoned Flesh" summarizes GLJ's confusing history.