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TIL during WWII the US government hired a psychoanalyst to research Hitler’s background and he discovered that Hitler’s father may have been the illegitimate son of a Rothschild, one of the wealthiest Jewish families in the world

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xYn1 TIL the average height of Japanese men between 1602 and 1867 is estimated at only 5 feet 1 inch.
5emB TIL over half of all fourth-graders in U.S. public schools received free or subsidized ($0.40) lunches in 2011
nelxW TIL 'GoodBye' is a shortened form of the phrase "God be with ye"
VM44p TIL that the RMS Titanic was designed to carry 68 lifeboats (enough for everyone on board), and although she only had around half as many needed on her maiden voyage, it would have only costed $16k to add the remaining needed; a small fraction of the $7.5m it took to construct the ship.
XEykD TIL about Aleen Cust, the first woman veterinary surgeon in the UK and Ireland. She practiced as a vet for 25 years before she was officially recognised by the RCVS. During this time, she owned her own practice and volunteered at the front lines of WWII treating horses