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TIL Nazi Germany offered several countries to take in their Jewish population before the Holocaust. No country opened their doors.

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WkxGd TIL Chong (from Cheech and Chong) shared a cell with the Wolf of Wallstreet Jordan Belfort when he went to jail for financing his son's bong company.
epx56 TIL a blood-filled sandfly was described in 2004 from Early Cretaceous amber in Myanmar. The insect had reptilian blood cells in its gut, along with evidence of a prehistoric leishmania-like parasite.
kVbW TIL the actor who played “Scotty” on Star Trek, James Doohan, was shot six times storming Juno beach on D-Day - 4 times in the leg, one in the chest and one through his finger.
0dZmA TIL If you you experience auditory hallucinations (specifically sounds as opposed to voices) as you fall asleep or as you are waking up they are considered normal and up to 70% of people experience this occasionally. Hearing them in the middle of the day is not.
epPnD TIL that Kate Bush's unusual choreography in her music videos for "Wuthering Heights" was to mimic the movements of Cathy, a character in the book who was, in fact, a ghost.