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TIL there are an estimated 40.3 million enslaved people in the world today, three times greater than the number during the transatlantic slave trade

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Lko6p TIL that Hitler planned to make Oxford his European 'base' after he invaded England and as such ordered Oxford not to be bombed.
78ypL TIL possession of child pornography was legal in Japan up untill 2014
KXQR TIL that in 1967, the first woman to run the Boston Marathon as a numbered entry was chased by the race organizer shouting “Get the hell out of my race and give me those numbers” while her boyfriend and other male runners provided a protective shield.
rpBw TIL there’s a guy who drives 4200 miles twice a month to bring rescue dogs from the south up to new homes in New England.
X8RD TIL about Bastoy, the Norwegian prison that treats inmates kindly with guards who act like social workers, and boasts a 16% reoffending rate (compared to 70% elsewhere in Europe and the US).