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TIL that Croatia voluntarily joined Nazi Germany in WW2 and perpetuated a now largely-forgotten Holocaust of Serbs and Jews in Yugoslavia. Their methods of genocide were so brutal that even the Nazis had to tell the Croatians to stop.

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rdPe TIL of Trinite, the glass created by the first nuclear weapon detonation, was sold and used as jewelry before it was found to cause radiation burns.
JwBv TIL: A group of owls is called a Parliament.
egrD TIL Tobias Fünke from Arrested Development is actually an albino black man. The writers subtly hinted at this, but the plot line never developed due to Fox cutting the seasons short.
rM6d TIL in 2015 a bus driver in India took a nap on his bus, only to be awoken to a monkey that had climbed into the driver’s cabin & had started the engine. As the driver ran to the cabin, the monkey panicked, shifted gears & jumped out. The bus rammed 2 other buses before the driver regained control.
QJ9Xa TIL the character of Hans Moleman has seemingly died 24 times on The Simpsons.