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NaMQ TIL In 1944, at Auschwitz, 5 men managed to smuggle in a camera and take 4 photographs of the atrocities occurring. They are the only known photographs of Auschwitz.
1aVjX TIL the composition of breast milk will change over the course of a single feeding based on the baby's nutritional needs, which are communicated via chemical info from baby's saliva absorbed into the areola.
PaVw TIL that a 14 year old black boy was brutally murdered for whistling at a white woman in Mississippi in 1955.
nLJG TIL Crown Prince Dipendra of Nepal shot and killed his parents and two siblings after being denied his choice of bride. He shot himself and survived the next three days in a coma, during which he reigned as King.
vPjxL TIL Keanu Reeves was originally offered the role of Chris in Michael Mann’s 1995 movie Heat. He turned it down to play Hamlet in theatre, Val Kilmer was given the role instead