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TIL Israel admitted to administering immigrating Ethiopian women with a “long-acting” contraception without their knowledge; with the ironic goal of keeping Israel “pure”.

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yQDDv TIL of the Turner Doomsday Video where if the world were to ever end CNN would air this pre recorded video
b9w47 TIL the “Great Depression” did not originally refer to 1929, but instead to an earlier depression in 1873, later renamed the “Long Depression”
DQNej TIL contrary to popular belief Romans didn't forfeit Germania after the battle of Teutoburg forest, they sent 8 legions to recover their eagles and punish the Germans, after committing a minor genocide the legions were re-called over political concerns about the growing popularity of their general.
Jbxl TIL of a community of ex-slaves that spoke their native language and carried on their tribal customs and traditions into the 1950s in Alabama.
EgV0P TIL that pyrocumulus clouds are formed by intense heat from wildfires or volcanic eruptions. These clouds, also known as fire clouds, develop when the heat from the fire causes air to rise rapidly, condensing moisture into towering clouds.