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TIL On Christmas 1991, Mikhail Gorbachev officially resigned as the last head of state for the Soviet Union.

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MexWm TIL Jules Winfield, that character Samuel L. Jackson played in "Pulp Fictions," was never supposed to have jheri curls. That wig was brought to the set by mistake. Instead, Jules was supposed to have an afro.
YpQRx TIL: Viagra, when dissolved in water, can help plant stems stay erect and double their lifespan.
Z8vAa TIL during Hitler's childhood, the Jewish doctor that was treating his mother for cancer reduced his prices so she could afford treatment. Hitler never forgot this and gave him special protection during WWII as a "Noble Jew". Doctor Eduard Bloch ended up outliving Hitler himself.
1aM8V TIL On a trip to Congo, an anthropologist played 11 excerpts of Western songs to 40 Pygmies. The emotional cues in songs, which Westerners pick up on, didn't mean the same to the Pygmies: They didn't hear the shrieking strings of the Psycho theme as stressful
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