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TIL Hitler didn’t hate ALL the Jews. He protected one of them and named him “the noble Jew”.

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X0mP8 TIL bamboo can grow at a rate of approx. 1m/3ft in just 24 hours
R7o4l TIL in 2015, an American teen chose to commit suicide by snake bite. Sitting in his car, he allowed his pet Cobra to bite him multiple times. He was found in his car having suffered cardiac arrest, the snake had escaped and was later found on a nearby road.
vepL TIL that the NRA was originally founded to promote rifle accuracy after the poor marksmanship during the civil war
PYPwO TIL that in certain species of bamboo, every 60-120 years, all plants bloom at the same time across the world, regardless of their location or surrounding environmental conditions. The method by which this is coordinated is unknown.
9Ryr TIL a watch strapped to your ankle will eventually fall behind one strapped to your wrist due to time dilation