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TIL there's a train station and housing estate in Berlin named Uncle Tom's Cabin

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GYjZQ TIL that some stores have tried to deter drug users from shooting up in their establishments by installing blue lights. These prevent drug users from being able to see their veins.
GY711 TIL the first Troll doll was created by a danish fisherman who could not afford giving his daughter a christmas gift. When the other children saw it they all wanted one as well.
v1lML TIL of Takayama Ukon, a 1500s Japanese Daimyo who converted to Catholicism and is a candidate for Sainthood in the Vatican. If canonized, Takayama will be the first Samurai saint, the only Daimyo saint, and since he was exiled to the Philippines for being a Christian, the third Filipino saint.
6xPl TIL 14 year old gold medal Olympic gymnast Nadia Comaneci would go back to her home country of Romania only to become the sex slave of Nicu Ceausescu, the son of the dictator of that nation
a1GL TIL of Carlos Hathcock. A Marine sniper in Vietnam who crawled over 1500 yards to kill a high-ranking NVA officer. It took 4 days to complete because he could move only inches. He also said that he was almost stepped on while camouflaged in a meadow. As well as almost bitten by a Bamboo Viper.