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TIL that due to nylon rationing in WWII, women would apply makeup on their legs in lieu of stockings, and would even use an eyebrow pencil to draw a ‘seam’ down the back

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ADBZx TIL A WW2 German captain had the proposed name of his vessel rejected so he called it Götz von Berlichengen because GvB was quoted in Goethe as saying "Kiss my arse". The rejected name; Michael.
ADXra TIL: China's Cultural Revolution 1966-1976 where 1.5million were killed and millions more improsined, tortured and had their property seized.
mZBx TIL that ~80% of Black American women are overweight and ~54% are obese.
vPwy4 TIL that 4 of Sigmund Freud’s earliest disciples like Honegger, Otto Gross, Victor Tausk, and Ernst von Fleischl, died by suicide, while others, such as Otto Rank and Ferenczi, began struggling with mental illness.
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