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TIL All the royalties made from Hitler’s Mein Kampf since 1979 have been donated to “organisations that promote diversity and cross-cultural understanding”.

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691Aw TIL Tina Bell an African American woman is considered an early grunge pioneer and is dubbed "the Godmother of Grunge" and "queen of Grunge" , her Seattle-based band Bam Bam was considered one of the founders of the grunge music scene. Future Nirvana Kurt Cobain once served as a roadie for the band.
jNyrv TIL of Kenneth E. Stager, an ornithologist who personally shot and killed all 58 feral pigs on Clipperton Island to save the booby population
XN4Q TIL that one of the Queen’s footmen was demoted after it was revealed that he purposely spiked her royal corgis’ food with alcohol, inviting other servants to watch them stagger about.
5alk TIL One night while touring in San Antonio, TX, Ozzy got hammered and Shannon took his clothes away to keep him from getting into trouble. Instead, Ozzy put on Sharon’s clothes, went for a walk, and took a piss on The Alamo. He was banned from touring in San Antonio for a decade.
69VQl TIL that the US passed a law in 2002 that authorizes the US Armed Forces to invade the city of The Hague, land of the International Criminal Court in the Netherlands, in case of arrest of any US official by the International Court.