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TIL former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher once called poverty “a personality defect”

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jNPxj TIL of the Wolfskinder (wolf-children). As the Red Army occupied East Prussia, 2 million German civilians fled. Many adults were killed, leaving behind ~45,000 young children who ran into the forests where they lived as scavengers.
Wk6eN TIL there’s a type of honey called "mad honey," which causes hallucinations. Honey hunters in Nepal make dangerous vertical climbs to harvest it since it sells for $60-80 a pound
wLa47 TIL On April 23, 1635, the first public school in what would become the United States was established in Boston, Massachusetts. Known as the Boston Latin School, this boys-only public secondary school was led by schoolmaster Philemon Pormont, a Puritan settler.
v4aK TIL Tic Tac Toe is a dumbed down version of a game called “Nine Men’s Morris” from the Roman Empire
pBmG TIL Steven Spielberg wanted to make Harry Potter an animated movie.