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TIL of the German word "Backpfeifengesicht", which roughly translates to "a face that cries out for a fist in it"

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x6yZ5 TiL that upon its publication, the children's book "The Story of Ferdinand" was accused of promoting fascism, anarchism, and communism. The Cleveland Plain Dealer accused the book of corrupting the youth of America and Hitler ordered the book burned for being "degenerate democratic propaganda".
R7756 TIL Harvard’s first black faculty member was a dentist. Dr. George Franklin Grant joined the Dept of mechanical dentistry in 1871. Also an inventor, he patented the wooden golf tee. Previously, golfers carried around buckets of sand, placing their balls on little piles as they went.
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4dAJ TIL that in 1942, the HMS Porcupine was split in half by a German torpedo. The two sides were salvaged and renamed the HMS Pork and the HMS Pine.