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TIL A 1944 opinion poll found that 13% of the U.S. public were in favor of the extermination of all Japanese being held in internment camps in the U.S.

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j6Kxa TIL that the world's highest calibre handgun is the Pfeifer-Zeliska .600 Nitro Express Revolver, which fires a bullet that's 15,2 mm (0,62 inch) in diameter. The gun cost över $15 000 and each bullet costs $40.
X01VD TIL octopuses kill themselves after laying eggs and its related to self injurious behavior in humans
XXKr TIL feeding bread to ducks actually causes many health problems for them
wv7o TIL that Captain Christopher Jones of the Mayflower forced their ship to land early at Plymouth Rock because of the ships dwindling supply of beer. Before pasteurization was discovered in 1864, beer through the process of fermentation, was safer to drink than water.
xkDb TIL that Nazi Germany treated black people generally indifferently, and as a result most black people we treated far better than Jews or homosexuals.