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TIL Barbie’s original design was based on a German adult gag-gift prostitute doll named Lilli

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vx5x TIL that Nazi Germany stockpiled huge quantities of nerve gas during World War II. It was ultimately never used, since Hitler was told (incorrectly) that the Allies had their own supply of nerve agents.
jyKM TIL In one of the more surreal moments of the Cold War, on this day (Sep 19) in 1959, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev exploded with anger when he learned he could not visit Disneyland.
94ym TIL the Georgia state legislature once debated the regulation of alligator rides, until someone pointed out that the bill called for regulating the sale of alligator hides.
yQoo8 TIL a Baltimore school was evacuated and hazardous materials crews were called due to a strange odor. The source of the odor was a pumpkin spice air freshener.
VMdmD TIL that, while the Great White Shark was long thought of as the ocean’s apex predator, the Killer Whale has since been found to be a predator of the shark