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TIL: Hitler has commited another genocide besides the Jewish Holocaust. Histestimate that between 220,000 and 500,000 Romani were killed by the Nazis and their collaborators.

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LkPBd TIL THE world's two largest standing Buddhas - one of them 165ft high - were blown up by the Taliban in Afghanistan in 2001. After failing to destroy the 1,700-year-old sandstone statues of Buddha with anti-aircraft and tank fire, the Taliban brought a Lorryload of dynamite from Kabul.
N61M TIL although Armand Hammer was part-owner of Arm & Hammer, the company was not named after him and had been operating under that name for 31 years prior to his birth.
8alK8 TIL WW2 Black Sheep Squadron member Bill Case cheated death by randomly lowering the seat in his cockpit. In battle, a bullet from a Japanese Zero hit his cockpit and bloodied his scalp. If he had been sitting an inch higher, he would be dead. He went on to live another 52 years.
MAAb TIL Myley Cyrus mocked Sinead O'Connor for her appearance on SNL where she ripped up a picture of the pope in a protest against pedophilia in the church… Sinead O'Connor was forced into the Madgalene Asylum at age 15, run by the Catholic Church, it forced women into slavery and abuse.
wLww8 TIL that study published in Cell in 2014 shows that fasting for 3 days triggers stem cell regeneration in your body and repairs your immune system which in turn can help you live longer and healthier.