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TIL The fear of palindromes, aibohphobia, is, quite sadistically, a palindrome.

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GYOE1 TIL John Kluge, as Chairman of MetroMedia, was the Richest Man in America in 1987. During WW II, the German born Kluge served as an interrogator at a secret military base that processed high ranking Germans, including those who were part of Operation Paper Clip, including Werner Von Braun.
rAGo TIL Cherokee men wearing phallic-laden masks(penis shaped), would seduce young women by shaking their masks at them. These men were called booger men and the event was known as the booger dance.
Z8oo4 TIL Optimus Prime is not a Jew (supported by verifiable source material).
xRJ7 TIL: The Salem Witch Trials were probably caused by everyone being high on hallucinogenic mold…
NDYN TIL that tracksuits, particularly Adidas, are so popular in Russia because after the fall of the Soviet Union, cheap tracksuit clothing flooded the Russian market. The Russian people, who were unaware of western fashion norms, loved the comfortable and cheap clothing, leading to huge popularity.