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TIL that an American pilot was decorated with one of Germany’s highest medals for dropping miniature parachutes with candy during Berlin Airlift

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ZK1v TIL there’s a DNA test that can identify a criminal’s race, but police refuse to use it
rRrmM TIL Félicien Kabuga, who evaded arrest for 26 years, is thought to be responsible for supplying militias with 500,000 machetes which slaughtered 800,000 people in the Rwandan genocide.
g0o4 TIL Prostitutes used to wear pubic wigs in the 1500s to cover up signs of disease, such as syphilis.
Br9bx TIL Finland is the only country in Europe where you can legally have sex with animals
PYVpe TIL 4000 British troops sacrificed themselves and distract the German advance long enough for the evacuation of Dunkirk to be a success.