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TIL about the Martyrs of Nowogródek, eleven Catholic nuns who sacrificed their lives to take the place of 120 Polish civilians condemned to die at the hands of Nazi Gestapo. Immediately after they prayed, the Gestapo suddenly released the civilians, & without warning, rounded up & executed the nuns.

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grMGD TIL that the term “fast fashion” was first coined by the New York Times in the 1990s to describe the rise of the now popular clothing store, ZARA. At the time, it only took 15 days for an idea for a product to make it into stores.
YpAQZ TIL that it used to be illegal in the United States for actors to wear military uniforms in a production that portrayed the military negatively, until the Supreme Court ruled in 1970 that this was a violation of the First Amendment
P1xZe TIL about AATIP. which was a secretive program run by the US Department of Defense from 2007 to 2012 that investigated reports of UFO sightings and other unexplained aerial phenomena. The program was officially declassified in 2017.
p1oZ TIL that in the now-defunct Star Wars Expanded Universe, Chewbacca owes a life-debt to Han Solo because Han refused an order from the Imperial Navy to skin the Wookiee as punishment for commandeering a ship full of slaves. Han is dishonorably discharged for his insubordination.
GNyg TIL that the Lapp people of Arctic Scandinavia would feed reindeer fly agaric mushrooms, wait for them to pee then drink the reindeer pee for the sole purpose of getting high.