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TIL Louis C.K. still retains his Mexican Citizenship.

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4Xd7R TIL about the "Grievance Studies affair" where three academics produced bogus papers to expose how lax academic journals had become. One paper that was accepted and published by the Journal Affilia included long excerpts from Hitlers Mein Kampf where the word "Jew" was replaced with "White Man".
oknL TIL: When filming Jaws 2, cast members were circled by actual hammerhead sharks. Because the scene called for the actors to yell for help, the crew did not immediately realize they were in danger.
x6Njk TIL that pregnant mice exposed to unfamiliar males often terminate their own existing pregnancies and mate with the new male. This is called the Bruce effect
9wpEr TIL: That in 1942 Julia Child, a well-known celebrity chef, was hired by the OSS which later became the CIA.
PgxO TIL that the Danes saved almost all Danish Jews during WW2