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TIL Dr. Gay Hitler, son of George Washington Hitler, was a well-respected dentist living in Circleville, Ohio. Because Adolf Hitler misspelled his grandfather's surname "Hiedler", the Hitlers of Ohio are likely the only true Hitlers

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JYrGj TIL I learned that the British Museum may hold many artifacts from around the world and also refuses to hand over the artifacts they took it from.
OoQnL TIL of Puritan Roger Williams, whom founded Providence, Rhode Island after being banned from Boston in 1636 for being a staunch advocate for religious freedom, separation of church and state, fair dealings with American Indians, and was one of the first abolitionists.
QN4Na TIL Jerry Van Dyke (Dick's brother) was offered the role of Gilligan on Gilligan's Island but turned it down, believing that the show would never be successful. He chose instead to play the lead in My Mother the Car, which is frequently cited as one of the worst television shows of all time.
9YavD TIL that all the photos of ikea products you find in their catalogs are not even real photos. They create all the furniture in a 3D program and place them in different scenes (like a kitchen). Then they render it so realistically that you can't distinguish it from a real photo. Since 2004!
rNEA0 TIL In 1995, Jennifer Fairgate was found dead in a locked Oslo hotel room with a gunshot to the head. Ballistics showed that suicide was not possible. Yet there were fingerprints and strangely her clothing labels were all removed making it impossible to ID her. Theories speculate she was a spy.