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TIL during world war 2, African American GI’s experienced less racism from Nazi German’s than they did from their own non-African American GI’s.

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dD9R8 TIL there is an extremely rare condition, 'demon face syndrome,' in which people to see faces as distorted, horrific, drooped, or stretched. “It’s like staring at demons. Imagine waking up one morning and suddenly everybody in the world looks like a creature in a horror movie.”
8eP78 TIL that the Hundred Acre Wood in the original Winnie-the-Pooh books isn't the name of the forest where Pooh and all his friends live. Rather, it is a specific place inside The Forest, centered on Owl's house
PYvpL TIL the Pharma company Allergan gave a number of their patents to a Native American tribe (and licensed the patents back to themselves) so that the tribe could asset "sovereign immunity" and prevent the patents from being invalidated.
j6dpv TIL Actor Josh Hutcherson and R&B Singer Tinashe were used as motion-capture models for the 2004 film The Polar Express. Both of their characters did not have names, but were rather called “Hero Girl” and “Hero Boy”.
MxBK TIL Tetris is named from the joining of the Greek word “tetra” (meaning “four,” as every piece in the game has four blocks) and “tennis,” the creator’s favorite sport.