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TIL that certain parts of the German Autobahn were built to be rapidly transformed into NATO warplane landing strips

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jN5va TIL that since comics were banned on the set of X-Men by Bryan Singer, Kevin Feige (a mere associate producer at the time) would slip Hugh Jackman some of his favorite Wolverine comics to help him learn more about the character
9Y64r TIL - Whipping boy was an actual title. If a young royal misbehaved, it was considered an insult to the monarchy to physically punish them. As a result, a friend of the young royal was chosen to receive all of the physical punishment.
p8k4A TIL Mozart had Tourette’s syndrome. 11 out of 25 people that were associated with him talked about “his perpetual movements and mannerisms, which were regarded as facial and bodily tics”.
oRZK7 TIL that rationing improved the health of British people during WWII because they ate a more varied diet with less fat and sugar
oBND8 TIL President Gerald Ford started modeling for extra money after he graduated from Yale. In 1942, he was on the cover of Cosmo.