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TIL that the world's largest Singer Sewing Machine factory in yhe world was in Clydebank Scotland

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jN9XR Today I learned there is cat called Oscar that lives in a nursing home and it can predict the next death by going to the room of the person and sitting with them to provide comfort.
VBBYp TIL of the Bagaudae, a collection of former slaves, deserters and peasants who fought the Roman Empire from the end of the 3rd century until its callapse.
PYy5Z TIL a Guatemalan boy saw soldiers come into his village and murder his parents along with the rest of the village, was adopted and raised in an abusive household by one of the men who massacred the villagers, and later gave testimony that sent the killer to prison with a 6,000 year sentence
kOQ8m TIL that America imported 1600 high-ranking Nazis to come live in the South right after WW2. It was called "Operation Paperclip". The American people even celebrated one of them as a celebrity.
XEMo6 TIL Milton Berle, considered America’s first TV star, had a massive penis. In his autobiography, Berle tells of a man who accosted him in a steam bath and challenged him to compare sizes, leading a bystander to remark, “go ahead, Milton, just take out enough to win”