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TIL of an Auschwitz survivor who is searching for his twin on Facebook

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1andr TIL of Seafarer Abandonment. Sailors and the ship they're on can be completely abandoned by their employers in a foreign port, with no wages, way home, fuel or even food or water. Sometimes they can even be detained by the country they're abandoned in.
nedVB TIL the wealth gap in America is almost unimaginable even when looking at it visually. 1,000 seconds is almost 17 minutes. 1 million seconds is about 12 days. 1 billion seconds is 31.7 years. This is what having $163.3B looks like.
Egrrd TIL spiders can taste
N7RrJ TIL that in 2019 most Americans surveyed thought that Arabic numerals should not be taught in schools.
1ayNX TIL Paul McCartney played drums on the recording of 'The Ballad of John & Yoko'