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TIL Rwandans have a positive perception of Jews because of shared genocide experiences

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9YxKM TIL One of the all-time boxing greats was a 5'7 tall fighter called Sam Langford who other ring legends like Jack Dempsey wouldn't fight cause of his power. He fought until the age of 43, at which stage he was nearly completely blind.
NrXN TIL, that the Doomsday Clock, a measure of how close we are global disaster, is at 11.55pm, the worst it’s been since 1984.
loJoV TIL Bill Nye’s full name is William Sanford Nye. His mom was a code breaker during WW2. His dad was a contractor building an airstrip on Wake Island in the middle of the Pacific when he was caught by the Japanese and spent four years as a POW.
rPNe TIL that the alien language featured in Futurama was completely deciphered by fans only a few hours after the pilot episode finished airing
9YDYp TIL: In 1865, an American colony once existed in North Borneo (present-day Sabah, Malaysia)