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TIL that Stalin believed religion to be a blight upon communist society. Over 100,000 members of the Russian Orthodox clergy were killed by the regime between 1937 and 1941.

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JYGaB TIL in Japan, when you buy a car, you have to prove you have somewhere to park it
yED8 TIL that radiation-blocking proteins taken from “water bear” DNA have been incorporated into human cells which boosted the protection of human DNA against damage from x-rays by 40%.
VMRjG TIL that by 1943 the US Navy was larger than the combined fleets of the rest of the world, and by 1945 comprised 70% of the ships larger than 1000 tons.
JYLGQ TIL that the average person meets around 11 murderers in their life.
x6bgD TIL that during the Jonestown Massacre, many of the 900 cult followers refused to drink or administer the poisoned Flavoure-Aid to their children. And so they were just killed. Either shot in the head or poisoned by being injected with the cyanide.