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TIL that Ahmad Shah Massoud led a resistance to the Taliban that protected 30% of Afghanistan's population. He promoted gender equality, had no reports of human rights abuses under his leadership, and warned about 9/11

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1awbV TIL that Hitler was a chronic tax evader, and was even fined by his own government over it in 1934. He then got the tax department to declare him exempt from taxation.
7woZ TIL that the first c-section was performed by James Barry in 1815, a surgeon with an accomplished military career, who on his deathbed in 1865 it was discovered that he was female
KYDGa TIL: That fungi have a range of vital roles from helping plants draw water + nutrients from soil to medicines that can lower blood cholesterol or enable organ transplants. But they have a darker side: devastating trees, crops, other plants across the world and wiping out animals such as amphibians.
yVZv TIL the Serial Killer with the most confirmed murders (138), Luis Garavito, only received 22 years in prison.
oRkPr TIL of Sai, a commune in the Orne department in France. It has a population of 222 and its inhabitants are known as Sayiens (male) and Sayiennes (female).