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d8RRd TIL Ko Yong-Hui, late mother of current North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un, was half-Japanese and was born in Osaka, Japan
69G8X TIL that during WWII, the Ford Motor Company was losing so much money that the Roosevelt Administration considered a government takeover of the company in order to ensure continued war production.
awy5o TIL that treatment resistant depression in adults is related to previously undetected ADHD.
mYMx TIL: Hattie McDaniel, who won an Oscar playing Mammy in Gone With The Wind, was criticized in the black community for playing racial stereotypes. Her response: “Why should I complain about making $700 a week playing a maid? If I didn’t, I’d be making $7 a week being one.”
oRWWW TIL Henry VIII's doctors were too scared to tell him he was dying while he was on his deathbed because of the Treason Act forbidding anyone from speculating about the King's death. The Archbishop was the one who had to break the news.