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TIL that in Greek mythology Chaos was the origin of everything
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TIL That anyone killed by lightening in Rome was denied proper burial, because it was assumed the gods had punished him
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TIL that ISIS bans use of tobacco, alcohol, music, showing skin of women (& mannequins), yet willfully condone the rape of non-Muslim captive women and torture/execution of non-believers.
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TIL in the final years of World War II, Italian businessman Giorgio Perlasca risked his life by posing as a Spanish diplomat in order to save more than 5,000 Hungarian Jews from the Holocaust. Perlasca, a non-Jew, has been honored for his heroism, courage, and compassion by several nations
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TIL Female dragonflies fake their own deaths to avoid males harassing them for sex
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TIL that humans have 3 types of cone cells, allowing us to see all the colors we can see, other animals like dogs and cats only have two so they can’t see red for example while chickens have four and can even see UV Light.