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TIL the Association of German National Jews supported Hitler, believing his rhetoric was just to "stir up the masses"

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VMBJD Maybe, but it’s going to take a long time. For the past 200,000 years or so, fatty and sugary foods were hard for humans to come by and well worth gorging on. Fats help maintain body temperature, sugars provide energy, and craving such food is hardwired: Eating fats and sugars activates reward centers in the brain.
rNBxM TIL In some states where public defenders are underfunded, people wait in jail for months because the PD needs more time to prepare. For example in Missouri, prosecutors barely move while PDs who are on their feet all day make $12k less.
NYje TIL the word “dude” was first used in the late 1800s as an insult towards young men who were overly concerned with keeping up with the latest fashions
ne49o TIL because Grover Cleveland served on two non-consecutive terms as President, people get confused about the number of men that served as US Presidents (44) vs the number of Presidential Administrations (45).
WkP59 TIL that nearly all of China's state-level and federal-level leadership started off as engineers