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TIL that the British MI5 hired an astrologer after they learned that Hitler supposedly used astrology to influence his actions. However it was later known that the predictions of Hitler’s astrologer were extremely inaccurate and Hitler himself thought of astrology as ‘complete nonsense’.
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TIL that the Grease was originally a play based on the writer’s teen years in Chicago, and the male characters were toughs with Polish surnames. The toughs were made more likeable when the play went to New York and became a musical, and the Polish influence was toned down for the movie.
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TIL In 1870 President Grant tried to pass a treaty to annex the Dominican Republic. Mainly it would expand American influence and unofficially provide a refuge for southern blacks seeking refuge from persecution. Despite support from the Dominican Republic, the treaty was defeated in the Senate.
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