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TIL: Gay male victims of the Holocaust, who wore the downward-facing pink triangle, were still considered to be criminals when they were freed from concentration camps. They were often sent back to prison to serve out their terms.

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9wLDX TIL The first deep water submarine rescue occurred in 1939. The submarine USS Sailfish sank off New Hampshire. 33 out of 59 of the crew had survived, trapped in a compartment that had not flooded. A newly developed device called the Mcann Rescue Chamber was used to rescue all the survivors.
RWX9 TIL twenty years ago Australian aboriginal suicide rates were equivalent to the national rate but now they are three fold, and in some regions spates of suicide have reached 100 times the national average.
9egm TIL that Vincent Van Gogh sold only one painting during his lifetime
Apdn TIL that 85% of Fortune 500 CEOs, all but two presidents since 1825, and 76% of US senators belong to sororities or fraternities
v968 TIL that eight new islands have formed across our planet since 2010 due to underwater volcanoes eruptions and glacial retreats. Populations of many wild animals, including insects, birds, rats, and even monitor lizards have now settled on them.