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TIL George Clooney has helped fund a satellite that documents and records war atrocities in Africa that would otherwise be ignored.

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4Xkdb TIL When Brazil joined the Allies in WW2, many riots broke against German Brazilians and their businesses
YNGd TIL of Toxoplasmosis Gondii, a brain parasite spread through cat feces, which slows rats, and causes attraction to cats. This parasite is transmissible to humans, and can cause humans to excessively care for cats. Also, infected female humans(&rats) are more likely to find infected males attractive.
aya0 TIL there are approximately the same number of calories in a pound of spinach as there are in two Oreos.
LVLv TIL South Africa developed nuclear weapons and then dismantled them for the sake of peace.
6949X TIL that when JFK was serving in the Navy during WW2, his patrol boat was sunk by a Japanese destroyer. Kennedy led his men to safety with an injured crew member to a nearby island and survived there by drinking coconut milk until they eventually got rescued