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TIL Hitler approved the development of an inflatable sex-doll to be distributed to troops to combat syphilis.

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X0D48 TIL that a non-custodial parent kidnapped his two sons from Italy and choose to escape Europe on the Titanic. When the ship sank, the young boys were saved but the father drowned. The now famous boys appeared in Newspapers in Italy and their mothers saw them and reunited.
R9Ba TIL Quentin Tarantino approached Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love to play “Lance” and “Jody” in the movie Pulp Fiction but they declined
JYnrk TIL a man robbed two bank after covering his face in lemon juice, which he believed would hide him from the cameras because it was "invisible ink". His case led psychologists to describe the Dunning-Kruger effect, where ignorance leads people to overestimate their knowledge.
VZRD TIL that Carlsberg beer used to have a Swastika (as a symbol of purity) in its logo. They removed it in 1940 after the Nazi’s appropriated it.
e0lk TIL Google search results can be limited to a specific reading level. Really useful for finding grade school materials or scientific journals.