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TIL Henry Ford was an anti Semite who wrote International Jew, and caused some Germans to become anti Semitic after reading this book.

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mxNXx TIL The electric vibrator was the fifth home electronic ever invented. It was prescribed to women who experienced what doctors called "hysteria" In addition: "If a woman became flushed and happy from her pelvic massage, she was said to have underwent a 'hysterical paroxysm.'"
rNE9x TIL that the leader of the Crips, Stanley Williams, lived a double life where during the day, he was an anti-gang youth counselor, and at night acted as the overboss of the Crips, committing violent gang crimes against the Bloods
b6ejQ TIL that Super Bowl halftime shows were typically boring until the sketch comedy show 'In Living Color' aired a live special opposite of the Super Bowl XXVI halftime show in 1992. The special drew over 20 million views. The next year the NFL booked Michael Jackson for the halftime show.
x7J5 TIL “Sherpa” is an ethnic group, not a job title. The Sherpa people are revered as great mountaineers, so the word is now synonymous.
PZoV TIL that Tic Tacs are labeled in the US as containing zero sugar because US federal regulations state that if a single serving contains less than 0.5g of sugars it is allowable to express the amount of sugar in a serving as zero, and each Tic Tac weights JUST under 0.5g