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TIL Italian dictator Benito Mussolini had a pet lion

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OGDle TIL the Volkswagen Type 1 (Beetle) was first brought to the US in 1949. Only two vehicles were sold, convincing the VW chairman that the car had no future in the US.
D16wV TIL Bacterial Meningitis is a very serious and easy to spread illness. Survivors are usually left with life-long disabilities. A makeup vlogger had all 4 limbs amputated from it.
N76nJ TIL a NASA Little Joe 2 rocket ripped itself apart during an escape system test, a failure thay ultimately was an important demonstration of how well the system worked after the boilerplate capsule was pulled safely away from the doomed rocket.
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4kkNN TIL the famous "Scopes Monkey Trial" of 1925 was deliberately conceived as a publicity stunt for the town of Dayton, Tennessee. Residents of the town held a protest and threatened to boycott Chattanooga when the trial was initially to be moved there.