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TIL that Hessy Levinsons Taft, who was featured in Nazi propaganda as the “Perfect Aryan Baby” was actually Jewish.

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kJem4 TIL about the Civilian Conservation Corp a depression Era program employing young men on civil improvement projects like park projects, dams and canals and other projects.
eBjD TIL there is a perfectly painless of killing someone through nitrogen asphyxiation by cutting off oxygen while still supplying nitrogen so that the body does not experience a suffocating sensation. However, this method is not used by any government as a method of capital punishment.
VM8jD TIL the Soviet Union has its own top level domain country code (.su) that is still in use today with over 100,000 registered domains
LkbJV TIL: The unrefrigerated milk they buy in Europe has a shelf life of up to SIX MONTHS when unopened, compared to just 7-10 days in the US and Canada thanks to different pasteurization methods.
6PR7 TIL You Can 3D Print Any MP3 Into A Vinyl Record