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TIL Germans were persecuted/lynched in America during and prior to WWI

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EgGkP TIL that Elon already once owned X.com back in 1999 - back then, one of the first federally insured online banks
yVkVa TIL the first female mayor In the United States was a nominated as a joke and was elected over the other candidates.
Y7gYr TIL - in 1973, Mick Jagger (Rolling Stones) wrote the song “Starfucker”, after Carly Simon released her hit song “You’re So Vain”. Jagger had an affair with Simon, who was married to James Taylor at the time, and the affair ended a few months before her song was released.
N8nQ TIL - A sequel to the 1988 movie Twins, called Triplets is in the works, with Eddie Murphy slated to play opposite Schwarzenegger & DeVito.
1QB4 TIL of Jeffrey Stockbridge, a photographer who takes pictures of prostitutes and drug-addicts from Kensington, a neighborhood in Philadelphia known for its drug abuse.