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TIL about the origins of the term "Anti-Semitism"
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TIL of Mustapha Khaznadar, an ethnic Greek abducted and enslaved by the Ottomans as a child, who later went on to become Prime Minister of Tunisia. He was one of the most influential people in modern Tunisian history.
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TIL of Dr. Farrokhroo Parsa, physician, women's right's activist, and Pahlavi Iran's first female cabinet minister. She was executed for "prostitution" after the Islamic revolution: "I am prepared to receive death with open arms rather than live in shame by being forced to be veiled."
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TIL The first chocolate bar was made in 1847. Before that, chocolate was exclusively a drink.
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TIL: Trapped behind enemy lines during the Korean War Chester Puller Stated, "We’ve been looking for the enemy for several days now. We’ve finally found them. We’re surrounded. That simplifies our problem of finding these people and killing them." He and his men survived.
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TIL the worst hydrogen airship disaster in history is NOT the 1937 Hindenburg disaster. In 1930, 48 of 54 passengers on a experimental British Airship were killed in a crash during a storm over France. Of the 97 passengers on the Hindenburg there were 35 fatalities, plus one ground crew death.