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TIL that Unity Mitford, one of Hitler's inner circle and sister-in-law to British Fascist Oswald Mosley was conceived in Swastika, Ontario, Canada

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69NA8 TIL Diophantus of Alexandria, a mathematician from the 3rd century, came up with many mathematical equations that took a long time to solve. The last one, Fermat's Last Theorem, was first stated in 1637 and was proved in 1995 by British mathematician Andrew Wiles.
6LNl TIL - Mayonnaise is commonly used topically in hospitals to remove tar from burn victims’ skin
wANP TIL A five-year review of dog-bite injuries from the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, published in 2009 in the journal Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, found that almost 51 percent of the attacks were from pit bulls
v1VE7 TIL that people in the 18th century started wearing wigs because many people had hair loss as a result of syphilis. Out of solidarity other people started wearing wigs as well and so it became a trend.
7Jj7 TIL the Basque language is an absolute isolated language: It has not been shown to be related to any other language despite numerous attempts