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

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ZppOo TIL the iconic black & white stripes on the allied D-Day airplanes were a last minute idea to help the allied naval anti-aircraft gunners more easily identity friendly planes. This was done after frequent "friendly fire" incidents during the previous invasion of Sicily
b60g7 TIL about the Oklo Mine, site of the only known naturally occurring nuclear reactor on Earth.
8aKdL TIL Brad Pitt and Sheryl Crow when to college at the same time, had one class together, and both started their professional careers in the same year (1987)
nWyXd TIL Hearthstone has no concept of INFINITY and has introduced a card that gives infinite life steal, increase cost, and minion spawn. Making it literally impossible to counter it that play. Which is baffling because it's a card game that heavily relies on math.
Q56X TIL that Twinless Twins is an organization that provides specialized support to twins whose twin sibling has died