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TIL A blond-haired doll in Nazi SS uniform is on display at Ravensbrück, a concentration camp staffed by female guards

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OoNwR TIL of Mesquite, Texas which in 1976 attempted to ban anyone under 17 from going to an arcade. Alladin's Castle (Bally) sued the city and eventually prevailed in a case that went to the Supreme Court. Years later, the city became home to id Software which created Doom/Quake and popularized PC gaming
GA1wN TIL that without thermal controls, the temperature of the international space station would soar to 250 degrees Fahrenheit while in the sun and plunge to minus 250 degrees In the shade.
LZKm TIL Franklin D Roosevelt called for a maximum wage of $25,000 (about $365,000 in today’s money) and 100% tax on all earnings above that
Y7XEd TIL that the Polish opera "Halka" was staged in Cazale, Haiti, to highlight the village's connection with Poland: Many of its inhabitants are descendents of the Polish legionnaires sent by Napoleon to put down the Haitian Revolution.
0wakA TIL In 1962, when Washington Redskins owner George Preston Marshall refused to integrate his team, President Kennedy forced his hand by refusing to allow the team to play in their then-new stadium, which was on Federal land. Marshall relented and became the last NFL owner to integrate.