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TIL Genetic Research proved most modern Jews trace back to Italy and not the Middle East.

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R74Wj TIL Paradoxical Undressing is a phenomenon which is frequent in cases of lethal hypothermia. Before dying, the person undresses as if they were burning up, when in fact they are freezing. People who have died frozen are often found naked and are mistakenly identified as victims of a violent crime
v1dgK TIL fuel tankers are pretty sophisticated. Baffles in the tank to evenly dissipate the force of liquid moving when the truck is accelerating or braking. Without baffles, the liquid keeps moving forward to surge and push against the front wall of the tank, increasing risk of rollover.
6911J TIL We Are the World was recorded following the 1985 American Music Awards, which were hosted by Lionel Richie at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles
Ypra7 TIL that the British and the EIC stole nearly $45 trillion dollars from India over a period of 173 years, stalling the development of the Indian subcontinent.
ANLQ7 TIL A Samurai named Seigo Yamazawa actually fought on the side of the Bulgarians during the Russo-Turkish War (1877–78). Eventually Bulgaria was liberated from the Ottomans. He has a bust today in present day Burgas regions.