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Today I learned that the Jews found refuge in China during the Second World War.

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EgP47 TIL there's a fishing line strung between electrical poles that travels continuously around the entire perimeter of manhattan
mx0nY TIL Bobby Fischer, one of the greatest chess players of all time was issued a warrant for his arrest by the United States for playing a chess match which would ultimately be his final competitive match.
oRNy8 TIL During World War I, the Germans bombed New York City by setting off explosives at an munitions plant killing 3 people and permanently damaging the torch on the Statue of Liberty. It helped draw the USA into World War I similar to the Pearl Harbor attack during World War II.
loQGA TIL that in 1967, Don King was convicted of second degree murder for stomping to death an employee, Sam Garrett, who owed him $600.
paWG TIL Ringo Starr was reluctant to accept the role of the narrator on “Thomas & Friends” because he thought kids would be more interested in “dinosaurs with lasers.”