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TIL Africans in Nazi Germany had a better chance of survivng than germans, since they were excluded from the military due to their non-Aryan status, but also were not segregated/incarcerated.

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7b5b TIL The number of Mexican homicides since 07’ is greater than the combined civilian death toll of Iraq and Afghanistan
p8w6Q TIL of René Carmille, a punched-card computer expert and French double agent who is believed to have saved thousands of lives by sabotaging Nazi efforts to identify Jewish citizens. He eventually was found out, withstood torture, and sent to a concentration camp where he died in January of 1945.
WkJR9 TIL - Scientists were investigating why thousands of dead fish would occasionally appear on the banks of an African river. They discovered that the fish were dying due to the huge numbers of hippos pooping in the water.
noNr TIL That 29% of L.A.’s air pollution comes from east asia
WA8A TIL that the word ambisinistrous is the opposite of ambidextrous; it means ‘no good with either hand’