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neJ9Y TIL - in 2015, Nathan Fielder became aware that his favorite jacket company Taiga had published a tribute to Holocaust denier Doug Collins in one of their winter catalogues. So he created his own company to raise awareness of The Holocaust. He also gives free exchanges for Taiga coats.
X0kMD TIL It has been observed since the Roman times that alcohol consumption by pregnant women has harmful effects on their child. Also, alcohol was used until the 1980s to prevent preterm labor, and was sometimes administered intravenously.
9Y7RQ TIL WWE owner Vince McMahon fought "God" in a no holds barred match on PPV
vp84 TIL that 19th century gentlemen looking for “casual encounters” with ladies they’ve never met before would present them with funny calling cards to discreetly ask them to “accompany them home”.
yQEpl TIL that the USS Scorpion was one of the four mysterious submarine disappearances in 1968, which killed 318 sailors, the deadliest year for submariners since WW2.