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TIL-Blackface minstrelsy was the first uniquely American form of theater

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x6EQ7 TIL that Arizona authorities recently conspired to deploy Zyklon B (the same hydrogen cyanide agent used to kill hundreds of thousands of Auschwitz prisoners) for executions
ekDD TIL Intellectual property law doesn’t cover magic tricks. An amazing, original trick can be stolen from a magician and there’s nothing he can do about it.
4E5a TIL In Old English the word “man” was originally gender neutral, encompassing all human beings, while the word for man was “wer” as in “werewolf”
17wO TIL on the day before Super Bowl XXII, [Redskins QB Doug] Williams had a six-hour root canal surgery performed (under full anaesthetic) to repair an abscess under a dental bridge; he played the Super Bowl with his jaw wired shut.
wL4Wo TIL That the voice of Solid Snake, David Hayter, wrote the screenplays for X-Men (2000), and Watchmen (2009)