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TIL that a midwife, responsible for delivery of over 3,000 children in Auschwitz, marked them with a ‘tattoo’ that would not be recognized by the SS guards, hoping that in the future it would be possible to recover these children.

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jNXp TIL that a man once fought of a bear attack by himself, was buried in a shallow grave by his peers, but regained consciousness with grave wounds and Trekked 200 miles through the wilderness without equipment whilst wearing the bear’s pelt for warmth.
D19vj Today I learned that babies have almost 100 more bones than adults
xVDKo TIL that there are 2,620 people on death row in the United States as of January 1, 2020.
mxR8E TIL that divorce decrees in Canada circa 1950 could stipulate that a woman must remain chaste in order to continue receiving spousal support
4kOXb TIL That, during WW II, only 30-40% of the German Army was mechanized. The remainder relied on on rail or horse drawn transportation.