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TIL Jews were blamed for the Black Death plague which killed half of Europe

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kkZd TIL W.T. Stead, a Victorian investigative journalist writing about child prostitution, bought an underage sex slave to prove how easily it could be done. He was sent to prison.
Q56X TIL that Twinless Twins is an organization that provides specialized support to twins whose twin sibling has died
nAPd TIL during the 1980s Bayer knowingly sold HIV contaminated blood to Asia and Latin America. About 20,000 people contracted HIV from the results. Bayer paid approx $50M USD to the victims, which averages $2,500 per individual.
VBX1G TIL of Susan Travers, the British-born WWII veteran who was the only woman to ever serve in the French Foreign Legion
68AJ TIL of Burning Log, a Canadian TV show that is nothing but an uninterrupted loop of logs burning in a fire. It only airs around Christmastime and is a critical and ratings success.