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TIL comedian Ike Barinholz has won the 6th highest amount of game show winnings in America

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ADK6a TIL the plague that wiped out 50% of 14th Century Europe was never really eradicated. There is an average of 7 cases of plague every year in the US. The disease usually spreads through flea bites or by eating tainted meat. It usually hits the rural west of the US. (2:04)
awJxM TIL Adolph Hitler was Walt Disney' biggest fan , he thought Snow White was the best movie ever made and would draw characters near perfectly. The director of a war museum in northern Norway, said he found the drawings hidden in a painting signed "A. Hitler" that he bought at an auction in Germany.
QJ6kM TIL 17% of Poland's population was killed during WW2
8elVX TIL As opposed to having XY chromosomes (found in mammals), birds, some fish, crustaceans, and insects have ZW system, where males typically have ZZ and female ZW chromosomes.
j9LQ TIL of 22 year old Herbert K. Pililaau, the first Hawaiian Medal of Honor recipient, who killed 40 advancing North Korean soldiers by himself to cover the retreat of his squad. His weapons- one rifle, his grenades, found rocks, a trench knife, and his bare hands.