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TIL Irena Sendlar, the “Oskar Schindler,” smuggled 2500 Jewish infants out of the Warsaw Ghetto during WW2. When caught by the Nazis she had her limbs broken and was beaten. When nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize she lost to Al Gore, who made a PowerPoint slideshow on global warming.

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lRDa TIL the NFL owns the licensing rights to every team except the Cowboys. In 1995 Cowboy’s owner Jerry Jones started to make his own deals, NFL sued him for 300 million, to make the league back down, Jerry counter sued them for 750 million.
vPwPr TIL that there is a sound installation in the Namibian desert that is continually playing a loop of Africa by Toto.
4XY4a TIL In the '70s UK singer Nick Lowe desperately wanted out of his record contract and so recorded an intentionally awful and ridiculous song called 'Bay City Rollers We Love You'. It was a massive hit with Roller fans who didn't realize it was a spoof song and Lowe had to continue in his contract
E16AP TIL that,during the Cold War, the Canadian government commissioned the creation of a device that could detect homosexuality in people in order to keep members of the LGBT community out of public service or the military.Its nickname?"Fruit Machine".
6EdpZ TIL that when Monarch Butterflies migrate south over Lake Superior, they steer widely around something invisible for no apparent reason. It’s widely believed that they’re steering around a mountain which no longer exists, and is just a memory that’s still passed on to modern generations