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TIL the first Wrigley Field was in Los Angeles, not Chicago

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VBGMk TIL Joseph Goebbels seriously considered becoming a Catholic priest. He was aided in his earlier studies by a scholarship from the Albertus Magnus Society; Mangus was a German Dominican friar and Catholic Saint
9Yv7p TIL of "Doctor" Linda Hazzard, who in the early 20th century killed at least a dozen patients, who coincidentally had just added her to their wills, by "treating" them with 30-40 day total starvation therapy. At first she couldn't be prosecuted because her patients signed up willingly.
16anO TIL towards the end of WWII, Japan developed suicide motorboats called Shinyo, which were piloted by 15~17 year olds.
wLZnP TIL, “Meatless Monday” was originated by the FDA in WWI to help support the war effort, by limiting the need to ration by the military, and feed the people of Europe.
6RJ TIL pus is white blood cells that died fighting off infection.