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TIL the Canadian city of Medicine Hat became the first city to end homelessness by giving every person living on the streets a home with no strings attached. The strategy has meant associated declining costs in terms of crime and health care, and child welfare services

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OoYgR TIL Marcel Marceau first used mime was during WWII to keep Jewish children quiet while he helped them escape from occupied France to neutral Switzerland
64E7 TIL That the name “Jesus” is the greek attempt at a translation of the hebrew name Yeshua, which itself is derived from “Yehoshua” which has since developed into “Joshua”
5dMP TIL The first film to use the word “vagina” is Walt Disney’s “The Story of Menstruation”
o4yR TIL that one Korean soldier during WWII fought for three Armies.In 1938 he was conscripted into the Imperial Japanese Army.He was captured by the Soviet Red Army and forced into service in 1942.In 1943,captured again and forced to fight for the Wehrmacht. Finally, he was captured by US Army in 1944.
awX4J TIL Johann Rudolf Wyss, editor and son of the author of The Swiss Family Robinson, also wrote the text for the former Swiss national anthem.