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TIL that Mother Teresa did not work to alleviate poverty, lied to donors about how contributions were spent, allowed the sick to suffer as she believed suffering was a gift from god, but opted for advanced heart treatment for herself.

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WkXVL TIL that to avoid being conscripted by the Roman Army, some men would cut off their thumbs so that they couldn’t wield a sword. By the end of the fourth century, conscription avoidance was so widespread that Emperor Theodosius passed a law that forced the thumb-less to serve.
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