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TIL In 1976 an International Banana Club was founded and eventually grew to 35,000 members in 17 different countries. Members received nicknames such as "Top Banana" and could obtain a degree in "Bananistry". President Ronald Reagan was a member of the club.

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60ym TIL in 1947, James Hanes, the hosiery magnate who started the Hanes brand, helped found the Human Betterment League of North Carolina, driving the eugenics movement in North Carolina, which sterilized 7,600 people who were deemed unworthy of having children.
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GY4Q7 TIL about “War Babies” a very odd short film from 1934 that featured a bunch of toddlers in diapers acting out creepily grown-up plots. Shirley Temple does stuff like trade kisses for lollipops and says things like “I’m expensive.” Video is in the link.