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TIL that an Austrian Diplomat writing an antisemitic book about the evilness of Jews came to a different conclusion before it was published, declaring that "antisemitism amounted to nothing more credible than fanatical religious hatred"

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peKN TIL that sliced bread was briefly banned in the USA in 1943.
16aYO TIL Written by Beethoven in 1806, the Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61's first performance was unsuccessful and for some decades the work languished in obscurity, until revived in 1844 by the then 12-year-old violinist Joseph Joachim. Since then it has become one of the best-known violin concertos
yQnQa TIL that during Ted Kaczynski's (The Unabomber), sophomore year at Harvard, in 1959, he was recruited for a psychological experiment that, unbeknownst to him, would last three years. The experiment involved psychological torment and humiliation.
x6BWk TIL that the Colosseum in Rome was built with by Emperor Vespasian with the spoils of the looted second Temple
Rlaa TIL Some people do not have wisdom teeth because of a random mutation that occurred thousands of years ago.