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TIL King Gillette, who founded Gillette razors, believed that everyone in the US should live in a giant city called Metropolis powered by Niagara Falls.

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mXvy TIL The Wounded Warrior Project received 150 million in contributions in 2011 and only granted about 5 million to actual wounded warriors. That’s only about 3 cents of every dollar given to those in need.
4rwJ TIL ‘No Animals Were Harmed’ only applies while film is actually recording
A4vx TIL in 1949 actor Kirk Douglas was questioned in the disappearance of actress Jean Spangler, a recent costar and three months pregnant, after her purse was found with a note addressed to “Kirk” reading “Can’t wait any longer, Going to see Dr. Scott. It will work best this way while mother is away.”
pe8Z TIL that the day after Spetember 11th, the British Field Band played the American National Anthem out of respect during the Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace
dXy8 TIL gonorrhea is nicknamed “The Clap” because of an old method for treatment, “that used to clear the blockage in the urethra from gonorrhea pus, where the penis would be ‘clapped’ on both sides at the same time.”