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TIL that Hitler ensured the safety of his Jewish family doctor Eduard Bloch (who treated Hitler's mother for breast cancer at reduced cost). He was allowed to emigrate to the US in 1940.

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Y7LxB TIL That we've been accidentally finding ancient cheese all across the globe
OGPr7 TIL that the graphic sex scenes in the controversial 'Pagan Poetry' music video were performed and filmed by Björk herself.
ekPE TIL that Saudi Arabian textbooks, which are used by Muslim schools around the world, teach students that homosexuals should be executed, that Jews are “Apes”, and that Christians are “Swine”–and these are the versions that have already been toned down and scrubbed for hate-inciting speech.
oaQA TIL In Denmark, Danishes are called Wienerbrød, literally translates to ‘Vienna Bread’, and are one of the few countries to actually recognize the real creator, Austrian bakers.
erjJ TIL that Nobel Prize laureate William Shockley, who invented a transistor, also proposed that individuals with IQs below 100 be paid to undergo voluntary sterilization