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TIL that there were more than 42,500 concentration camps in Europe during World War 2

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VMKyB TIL - While other birds have to sit on nests and use their body heat to incubate their eggs, incubator birds are more like engineers and have a very good solution. They pile plant debris on their eggs and make use of the heat of composting to hatch their eggs, essentially creating a mini greenhouse.
oRWAr TIL that from 2002 until 2012, Papua New Guinea's national parliament only had one female legislator, an Australian-born white woman named Carol Kidu.
ADpVl TIL Keanu Reeves often foregoes some of his paycheck so that producers can bring on other notable actors. On The Devil's Advocate, he reduced his salary by a few million dollars so that they could afford Al Pacino, and he did the same thing on The Replacements to be able to work with Gene Hackman.
aQBA TIL that April 11, 1954 was the most boring day in history, according to a computer program tracking news. The most noteworthy events of that day included a general election in Belgium and the birth of a Turkish academic.
GpAJ TIL Rainn Wilson (Dwight Schrute) is the only member of “The Office” that appears and has lines in every episode.