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TIL that Belarus lost a full 1/4 of its population to World War II

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0vjN TIL that while Judge Judy was on a tour of Australia in 1999, she blasted a safe injection program saying “Give ‘em dirty needles and let ‘em die”.
jNdJn TIL of a supposed sunken city off the coast of Cuba that was found in 2001: it's over 2000 feet below the surface of the ocean, and has what some surmise from sonar images and footage to be pyramids and roads
R5krw TIL while writing "The Grapes of Wrath", John Steinbeck borrowed from the notes of Sanora Babb without her knowledge. She was using the notes for her own book, which was then shelved by the publisher, and finally published in 2004
16Rvd TIL that Kai Ryssdal, host of NPR's 'Marketplace', was a US naval aviator and Pentagon staff officer attaining the rank of Lieutenant. Afterwards, he worked at a Borders bookstore for $7/hr
pWNZ TIL The Top 25 Hedge Fund Managers Make Four Times As Much As The Top 500 CEOs COMBINED