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TIL Operation Christmas Child run by Samaritan's Purse opens your gift box and adds religious content before distributing your gift to a child in need

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jNGMN TIL that the youngest state governor in American history was Michigan's first governor, Stevens T. Mason, who took office at 24-years-old. In one of his first acts of legislation, Mason ceded land to Ohio in exchange for parts of the Upper Peninsula.
p8ERG TIL that the fourth leading cause of death in the United States is adverse reactions to FDA approved drugs.
6EWK8 TIL the grandson of the commandant of Auschwitz, who has denounced the Nazis, wears a Star of David at all times and was informally adopted as the "grandson" of a woman who survived Auschwitz and Mengele's experiments
wL8B7 TIL that while the fictional Jon Snow knew nothing, the microbiologist John Snow traced the outbreak of cholera to Soho, London, in 1854, and inspired the overhaul of waste management systems around the world.
w5Ao TIL Fanta was invented in Nazi Germany, due to the difficulty importing Coca Cola syrup