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yQ1ra TIL Of Nicholas Winton who was known for organizing the rescue of 669 Czech children from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia during the 9 months before war broke out in 1939.
BrBOx TIL that in the 18th century wealthy European landowners would pay hermits to dress as druids and live in the gardens of their estates.
YpAKv TIL that there were 2,500 bombings in the US during the 1970s. In one instance, a Puerto Rican group bombed a cinema, but when police ordered everyone to leave, the audience angrily refused because they wanted to see the movie. However, these bombings are largely forgotten today.
4XYeJ TIL in the 1920’s Canada had plans to invade the US (and vice versa).
GwMJ TIL that there is a version of the Bible translated into Hawaiian Pidgin called “Da Jesus Book”