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TIL Saint Valentine was also the patron saint of Beekeepers and Epilepsy

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eOKE TIL that many Jewish families arrested during the Holocaust have been commemorated with gold bricks in the streets memorializing where lived. As of August 20, 2014, there have been laid over 48,000 Stolpersteine in 18 countries in Europe, making the project the world’s largest memorial.
K7nB TIL that if you play dead in order to kill or capture an enemy in a war scenario, you are committing a war crime according to the Geneva Convention!
ADPdn TIL Jon Lovitz smashed Any Dick's head into a bar top at the Laugh Factory in Los Angeles
pYJN TIL that the Whipping Tom of 1681 would assault women, lifting their dresses and slapping their buttocks while yelling “Spanko!”.
neARY TIL that around 6 million Polish citizens —nearly 21.4% of Poland's population at the time — died between 1939 and 1945 as a result of the German occupation of the country. It is estimated 90% of those deaths were non-military losses, i.e. murder.