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TIL that the United States gave asylum to Nazi war criminals for decades and then tried to cover it up until they were sued under the Freedom of Information Act.

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ADDOo TIL that Sweet Tarts are just compressed Pixy Stix powder and pouring Pixy Stix into your water like Kool-Aid isn’t that strange. AND Fun-Dip is just Pixy Stix with a candy dip stick. Shouldn’t be this surprised. Just never really thought it but Wanka is a lot like Taco Bell.
EpV7 TIL all living humans are related to a single woman through an broken, maternal line. She is known as Mitochondrial Eve and is estimated to have lived around 100,000 - 200,000 years ago.
O5QX TIL that TLC used to be an informative and instructional network focused on providing real education through the medium of television, distributed at no cost by NASA satellite.
6EKaJ TIL Nick Nolte was named 1992's "Sexiest Man Alive" by People magazine.
b9agE TIL: Some occupations are overrepresented in serial killers. The skilled labor jobs are aircraft mechanics, shoemakers, and car upholsterers. The semi-skilled/ unskilled jobs are arborists, Truckers, laborers, hotel porters, and gas station attendants.