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TIL In one of the more surreal moments of the Cold War, on this day (Sep 19) in 1959, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev exploded with anger when he learned he could not visit Disneyland.

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YNGd TIL of Toxoplasmosis Gondii, a brain parasite spread through cat feces, which slows rats, and causes attraction to cats. This parasite is transmissible to humans, and can cause humans to excessively care for cats. Also, infected female humans(&rats) are more likely to find infected males attractive.
Y7nex TIL scientists going on rotation to the South Pole watch The Thing(1982) on their first night at base
R5rA7 TIL: The fall of the Yakuza has led to a power vacuum in Japan and has started the rise of more dangerous, less honorable gangs. In the past, adult hoodlums would join the Yakuza, now they become hangure and join gangs such as the Kanto Rengo and generally engage in IT crimes and Adult entertainment
VMjPm TIL : When suitable environment conditions are given, the probability of an American nickel landing on edge is approximately 1 in 6000 tosses.
9Y4om TIL that the Holy See (The Catholic Church) became the first legal partner to Hitler's regime. The Vatican and Nazis signed Reichskonkordat, a treaty which removed the German church from any continued role of opposition to Hitler, and required bishops to take an oath of loyalty to the German Reich.