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TIL Between 1949 and 1951, the US and the UK airlifted 49,000 Yemenite Jews to safety in Israel

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p8yE8 TIL that the year 1816 is known as the "year without summer" due to the volcanic eruption of Mount Tambora in Indonesia which resulted in tens of thousands of deaths, a global temperature drop of up to 3 degrees Celsius and unusually cold and wet conditions sweeping across Europe and North America.
64Ol TIL PETAs founder, Ingrid Newkirk, believes euthanasia is a gift, a belief which has led to the deaths of thousands of animals
rNOkx TIL Regina King is the voice behind Riley and Huey, the teen-aged brothers in Boondocks
WbZY TIL that the US government gave VW $51 million in subsidies for “clean Diesels”.
yQreV TIL The oldest condoms ever found were made from animal and fish intestines. One particular example found in Sweden was crafted from pig intestine, and is thought to have been made around 1640 AD.