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TIL there is a group which offers free cover-up tattoos to victims of human trafficking, who are sometimes tattooed with large barcodes by their captors.

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9wZ07 TIL Grand Island and Navy Island, near Niagara Falls was a proposed location for the UN headquarters
xVgRb TIL when Italy declared war on Ethiopia in violation of the League of Nations' policies, only Adolf Hitler sent support to Ethiopia
QpAL TIL pickle juice has about 20 times more sodium and eight times more potassium than a regular sports drink. Turns out that drinking an ounce or two of pickle juice can stop cramping within about 85 seconds – faster than water alone. Many athletes drink pickle juice before exercise to prevent cramps
4knDw TIL that Jeanne Geneviève Garnerin of France was the first woman parachutist. In October of 1799 she ascended 900 meters in a balloon, released the gondola, and rode it back down via parachute.
GX0Q TIL that the only Amish man in history to be charged with murder disemboweled his wife in front of their two children.