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TIL that bridges and tunnels for animals reduced wildlife-related car crashes by 90% in Colorado

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VRKk TIL Beretta is the oldest gun company in the world being established 1526 in Brescia, Italy.
4XMxg TIL There are more possible iterations of a game of chess than there are atoms in the known universe.
jN98p TIL that the model for Snow White in the 1937 film is still alive today
E1aXd TIL that in the 19th Century, to purge the body of illness, people would use an Antimony Pill. When swallowed, a tiny amount of antimony will dissolve in the gut and would cause severe diarrhea and vomiting. The pill would then be passed, fished from the feces, washed and stored, ready for reuse.
mkkO TIL the Holocaust in Belarus killed up to 40% of its population. 100,000 Jews lived in the Minsk ghetto, with 1.5 meters of allotted space each and none for children. The Nazis planned to kill 75% of Belorussians - those with blonde hair/blue eyes would be allowed to live as slaves for Germans.