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TIL the theory that Slavs exterminated the Greeks from Greece, meaning modern Greeks are entirely unrelated to Ancient Greeks, is not supported by recent DNA analysis.

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M779W TIL: About Vanishing Twin Syndrome (VTS), a Miscarriage in a Multiple Pregnancy (Twins or Triplets), the Tissue of One Embryo Absorbed 'Harmlessly' by the Mother and Other Embryo(s)
MlNm TIL that in 1945, 57% the French population thought the Soviet Union contributed the most to the defeat of the Nazis. The same poll in 2004 resulted in 58% thinking America contributed the most.
ZAwB TIL That In the American Civil War, soldiers were required to have at least four opposing front teeth so they could open a gunpowder pouch. Some draftees had their front teeth removed to avoid service.
p8pwp TIL about Dorothy Kilgallen, a journalist who claimed to have inside information about the death of JFK. She was drafting a chapter about JFK's death in her book when in 1965, she was found dead in her apartment under suspicious circumstances. All copies of Kilgallen's drafts were never found.
gM5b4 TIL: In the Western medical tradition, genital massage of a woman to orgasm by a physician or midwife was a standard treatment for female hysteria, an ailment considered common and chronic in women, the technique of genital massage for a disease called "womb disease.