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TIL There were black slaveowners in America

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4kJB5 TIL about the Toblerone line, a 10 km long Second World War defence line in Canton Vaud (Switzerland). It consists of pyramidal reinforced concrete blocks designed to stop tanks. These lines of defensive blocks can be found all over Switzerland, though more commonly in border areas
PP9w TIL In his spare time, Steve Carell runs a General Store in Massachusetts.
R7dGj TIL that the real Patch Adams things depression is a pharmaceutical diagnosis that was invented for the companies to sell drugs.
jNeEN TIL that the Unabomber was a victim of MK-Ultra.
G6vE TIL that when the first European settlers reached North America, lobsters were so plentiful that they would reportedly wash ashore in piles up to 2 feet high