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TIL Nazi Germany’s ‘Perfect Aryan’ Propaganda Baby Turns Out To Be Jewish

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dyjj TIL that in the seventeenth century, bands of wanderers called Comprachicos bought children, deformed and mutilated them, and sold them as dwarves, freaks, and court jesters, mainly to royal courts for their amusement.
W7M98 TIL that Canada's 8th largest National park, Wapusk National Park (11,475 square kilometres), doesn't allow tourists, and all researchers must carry a shotgun when visiting due to the risk of polar bear attacks.
69GNQ TIL there is a Leg Lengthening Surgery. First your legs are broken and screws inserted. Then your body forms new bone, ligament and arteries to fill the space.
W70NN TIL Ray Bradbury sold Fahrenheit 451 to Hugh Hefner in 1953. It was published in issues 2, 3, and 4 of Playboy.
QNMap TIL Slovenia has more major governmental subdivisions (201) than there are nations in the U.N. (195), and that Serbia, Uganda, Latvia and Philippines also have over 100 subdivisions