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TIL the realization that the random people you encounter each have complex lives of their own has a name: Sonder

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Wk5DB TIL in 1968 Mao Zedong received a box of 40 mangoes from Pakistan. They were taken on a tour of China and became part of Chinese propaganda. A dentist that compared the mangoes to sweet potatoes in appearance was executed.
awbro TIL: That leeches are still used in modern medicine.
W74RN TIL that, following WW2, a German engineering company - JA Topf & Sons - continued in business under different names until 1996. JA Topf & Sons designed and built gas chambers and crematoria ovens for Auschwitz, Buchenwald, Dachau and other concentration camps.
0wBwR TIL of Squirrel Girl, a Marvel superhero who has a furry tail, lips that tastes like hazelnuts, and has "nutsacks" -- a utility belt with nuts for her squirrel friends.
KO1g4 TIL that hitler was actually calm and had a rather deep voice when speaking privately.