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TIL Dr. Seuss' first wife committed suicide after finding out he was cheating on her while she had cancer

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QdnX TIL of the Holodomor, an attempted genocide with a death toll surpassing that of the Holocaust. Between 1932-1933 Stalin purposely starved up to 7,000,000 Ukrainians.
x6pKb TIL that emergency contraceptive pills aren’t abortifacients in any way you would define a start of pregnancy
djAE TIL When jogging, British footballing legend Stanley Matthews would always wear shoes that contained lead, so that when playing football his feet would feel remarkably light, giving him the impression he could run and dribble faster.
1xrO TIL Pope Alexander VI ordered the destruction of all art depicting a Semitic Jesus and commissioned a number of paintings depicting a Caucasian Jesus. His son, Cesare Borgia, was the model for these paintings. Thus, the nastiest of all the Borgias, became the iconic Caucasian Jesus.
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