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TIL that Jesse Owens became lifelong friends with his German long jump opponent during the famous 1936 Berlin Olympics

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LQQX0 TIL Goldfish can recognise classical music. A study was done in which researchers played Bach and Stravinsky. The fish were first trained to bite a bead when they heard both, then only one and not the other, and finally just different clips of one. One fish preferred Bach and avoided Stravinsky.
BrZ9L TIL that in 1916 there was a proposed Amendment to the US Constitution that would put all acts of war to a national vote, and anyone voting yes would have to register as a volunteer for service in the United States Army.
9wWKQ TIL Walt Disney originally planned to have The Wizard of Oz be the company’s second animated feature film after Snow White but the film rights were scooped up by MGM
Jbmj TIL Hitler’s sister-in-law, Bridget Hitler, said she was responsible for Hitler’s signature mustache. She wrote in her memoirs that she could not stand his unruly mustache, so he cut it, but that in doing so, “as in most things, he went too far.”
XxZk TIL That the Blue Tang Fish ‘Dory from finding Nemo’ is poisonous to eat, has venomous barbs on their back, and will cut you.