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TIL that 90% of the United States’ disco balls are made in Louisville, KY.

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MemRK TIL that Adolf Hitler did not invent concentration camps. They have likely been in use for centuries, as a method to supress/eliminate unwanted elements of society. Documented examples prior to the 1800s are however not easily found.
d8lpr TIL that there is a nonprofit dedicated to fighting for the reconstruction of the old Penn Station, as it was from 1910-1963.
a06y TIL there was a British soldier during World War II named Jack Churchill, who fought solely with a longbow, arrows, and a Scottish broadsword. His motto was, “Any officer who goes into action without his sword is improperly armed.”
7eYp TIL “Snozzberry” is a euphemism for penis that Roald Dahl had used in one of his adult novels.
jOQj TIL an engineer designed a 3 in-lb torque wrench that was emailed to an astronaut that became the first object designed on Earth to be manufactured in space.