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TIL: "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" has 5 verses

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0dvk5 TIL about Hessy Levinsons Taft, a German Jew whose baby photo was used by Nazis to represent the ideal Aryan baby.
gMa7y TIL Winston Churchill had zero qualms with using poisonous gasses on unruly subjects of the British Empire. "I am strongly in favour of using poisoned gas against uncivilised tribes," he declared in one secret memorandum.
d8QAQ TIL there are 3 types of fun: Type 1 fun is enjoyable while it’s happening. Type 2 fun is miserable while it’s happening, but fun in retrospect. Type 3 fun is not fun at all, not even in retrospect.
XKmX TIL of the Chrysler Air-raid Siren. It was powered by a 331CI Hemi engine that made 180HP. It’s six horns were 3ft long, had an output of 138dB, and could be heard up to 25 miles away. It produced the loudest sound ever achieved by an air raid siren.
oVj7 TIL during the Cold War the RCMP developed and used a “fruit machine” which measured pupil dilation in relation to pics of men and women to determine whether someone was gay.