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TIL David Suzuki was beaten as a child at a Japanese concentration camp in Canada by both ethnic Japanese and white children

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eE1E TIL snake anti venom is made from the neutralising antibodies that a horse produces when it is injected with snake venom
dlyB TIL Harry Truman was once a member of the KKK
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RjO7 TIL of the “Perpetual Stew” - common in mediaeval inns, a pot containing whatever they caught or dug up, just cooking and cooking and getting replenished continuously.