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TIL that nudists refer to non-nudists as “Textiles”

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5Yw19 TIL that in April 1943, Jews living in the Warsaw Ghetto started an uprising against the Nazis. The revolt ended a month later, resulting in the deaths of only 100 Nazis, and over 57000 Jews being killed during the Uprising or in the aftermath.
mxAPR TIL of bematists of ancient Greek and Egypt, trained professionals who were hired to measure distance by counting their highly accurately spaced steps. The mathematician Eratosthenes worked out the circumference of the Earth using bematists' work.
Gr9G TIL that a song in the original Pokemon games contained sounds that were outside the adult hearing range (but within the child hearing range), which caused many conspiracy theories and online myths
91kM TIL that a man in Michigan has 29 college degrees, and is currently studying to get his 30th.
R7Pgl Today I learned of Mehran Karimi Nasseri, an Iranian who lost his passport and was stranded in Charles de Gaulle Airport for 18 years.