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TIL Hitler used the slaughtering of Native Americans as the inspiration for concentration camps.

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Mnga TIL The World’s Longest Continuously Running Experiment began in 1927 at the University of Queensland Brisbane testing the viscosity of pitch - 8 drops have formed since it began.
loZKB TIL that during the siege of Tyre in 332 BC, Alexander the Great ordered the construction of a kilometre-long causeway between the island and the Lebanese mainland that, in addition to facilitating the breaking of the siege, collected sediment and turned the island into a peninsula.
jN8bp TIL of Cerbalus aravaensis, a beautiful huntsman spider whose remaining habitat consists of just 1.2 square miles of land (3km sq)
DQELP TIL that there is a type of cloud called "Morning Glory clouds" that can create rolling waves in the sky, stretching for thousands of kilometers! These rare clouds appear as a rolling tube of cloud that can move at speeds of up to 60 km/h, and can even create mini-tornadoes!
wLngM TIL Keeping a balance on your credit card does NOT help build your credit score. Pay your balance off in full, avoid interest/fees, build credit.