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R77pl TIL that, in 1941, when Cernauti mayor Traian Popovici was told that the Jews in his city were going to be deported, he argued against it and was initially allowed to exempt 200 Jews. However, he argued for more and was thus ultimately able to get 20,000 Jews exempted from deportation.
P1a9O TIL The volcano Mauna Loa makes up 51% of the landmass of Hawai'i (the Big Island)
NXmn1 TIL that pre-Christianity Vikings regularly traded with the Arab world to the point that dirhams are commonly found in 7th-11th century Viking hoards and burials. Trade with the Middle East would later stop as elites stopped focusing on trade in favor of feudal power.
YpJ9B TIL Sally Tompkins, a nurse, was the first woman to be commissioned as an officer in any form of the United States army. She was commissioned as a captain in 1861. Under her supervision, she had the lowest death rate of any hospital -- Union or Confederate.
PwXL TIL that Stallone spent nine days in hospital after Lundgren hit him for real while filming Rocky IV