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TIL the first concentration camp in Nazi Germany was used for communists, socialists, and other political prisoners.

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4kD4b TIL that there is an international standard for making tea. It's not for making the best tea or how tea should be made, but simply to make a cup of tea that can easily be reproduced by anybody with the right equipment at any time.
e0g7E TIL Hubert Blaine held the world record for the longest personal name ever used. His full name is made up of 26 names followed by a 988 letter surname. There is debate over the correct spelling.
WknZ4 TIL during the Dust Bowl, the US government launched dynamite into the sky in order to provoke clouds into producing rain
xRAk TIL that in seniors life expectancy can be predicted from their regular walking speed. The faster the speed the higher the survival rate.
9YKPB TIL that there is a difference between an acronym and an initialism. An acronym is when the initials of the words form a new word (e.g. NATO = Nayto) and an initialism is when the initials do not make a new word but are instead read out individually (e.g. BBC = B B C)