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TIL that Bulgaria was the only country to save all of it’s Jewish citizens from deportation to concentration camps

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kZj5 TIL of the Eilean Mor Lighthouse Mystery. All three Lighthouse keepers on a remote island vanished. The logs found reference a brutal storm that lasted days, even though a neighboring island that had view of the Lighthouse reported calm weather.
16yDW TIL The song "Tutti Frutti" by Little Richard originally had lyrics about anal sex
xVZDk TIL that in rural areas of late 19th & early 20th century America, it was the norm for the sheriff’s family residence and the jail to share adjacent spaces
xV4QD TIL that in an attempt to resist the reintroduction slavery by napoleon. In Guadeloupe, after finding out that he wont win the battle he and hundreds of his followers blew themselves up by igniting there gunpowder stores, killing many French troops in the process.
QGRk Today I Learned Mick Jagger is a great grandfather, and also has a 15 year old son