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TIL The Institute for Historical Review, a group that denies the holocaust, offered $50,000 for verifiable “proof that gas chambers for the purpose of killing human beings existed at or in Auschwitz” the reward was claimed in 1985 by an Auschwitz survivor.

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JYPOl TIL scientists put slime mold over a map of Tokyo, with food used to represent urban areas, after a day the mold created a network nearly identical to Tokyo's rail network. Which was designed to be as efficient as possible, the slime mold did the same, but without a brain.
Browy TIL that Kaliningrad situated between Poland and Lithuania is the largest city and the administrative centre of Kaliningrad Oblast (Russia), Having its own Flag and a population of 475,056. Home to 9K720 Iskander (SRBM) and the Baltic fleet.
D1MJj TIL there is a memorial to the ten men and women killed by the Beltway Snipers in the Washington DC area in 2002. I grew up in Aspen Hill and currently live just a few miles from where several of the victims were killed on October 3rd of that year. I found the memorial totally by accident today
LkdrV TIL about the Sacred Band of Thebes, which was a company of 150 pairs of homosexual lovers, who were considered amongst the most elite soldiers of their time.
NQk1 TIL: Yasuke, a 16th century African who traveled to Japan as a slave, caused such a sensation that a powerful warlord wished to see him. He thought his black skin was paint and ordered it to be scrubbed. However, they became friends and Yasuke was later given the prestigious rank of Samurai.