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TIL the Nazis tried to cure homosexuality by forcing homosexual inmates to have sex with female sex slaves.

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rRnyd TIL about unofficial medical jargon. FLK- "Funny Looking Kid” is one of the most common abbreviations used. FLK does not mean that the child looks comical but it refers to the child looking different from the norm.
woXJE TIL Psycho (1960) is the first U.S. film to feature a toilet flushing. At the time, it was considered inappropriate to show a toilet being flushed on screen. Alfred Hitchcock saw an opportunity to add some extra shock to his already shocking film
O0d4 TIL that regular coffee drinkers have a decreased risk of Alzheimer’s disease, dementia and other health problems due to an unidentified component interacting with the caffeine.
5YmmB TIL After Minnie Cox, the first black female postmaster was pressured out of her post, President Theodore Roosevelt continued to pay her salary and punished the town by rerouting their mail 30 miles away, in the end the atmosphere became so hostile that Mrs. Cox left for her own safety.
4wL6 TIL the top speed of the Bugatti Veyron is limited not by the engine, but rather its tires exploding.