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TIL - After the fall of Berlin in WW2, so many rapes occurred that over 100,00 births in the city were believed to be the result of rape.

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4k8Ow TIL that prior to reunification, there were two regions in East Germany that were out of range of West German TV broadcasts and were sarcastically nicknamed the "Valley of the Clueless" (Tal der Ahnungslosen)
MNx8 TIL Tim Allen went to prison in ‘78 for smuggling over a pound of cocaine through the airport
JYEPl TIL: More than half of yakuza are now over 50 and 10% are over 70 as a result of an ageing population and police crackdowns
VM4YZ TIL it took 20 hours to apply temporary tattoos to actor Rod Stegier for the movie ‘The Illustrated Man’
8e9AG TIL modern float spas can be traced back to psychonaut and dolphin language researcher John C. Lilly.