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TIL about the 1822 massacre on the Greek island of Chios by Ottoman empire troops that killed up to 50,000 people

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7gBX TIL that the eugenics movement of the United States, and the way it was enacted in California in particular, was a partial influence on the eugenics policies of Nazi Germany
VBGEQ TIL about the Gullah subgroup of African Americans. Their language and culture have preserved a significant influence of Africanisms as a result of their historical geographic isolation and the community's relation to their shared history and identity
09Kv TIL There is enough water in Lake Superior to cover the entire land mass of North and South America with roughly one foot of water
9e7p TIL in 1942 a British forest guard in India made an alarming discovery. Some 16,000 feet above sea level, at the bottom of a small valley, was a frozen lake absolutely full of skeletons.
78gkp TIL Genghis Khan’s empire would eventually become the largest contiguous land empire in history.