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TIL a company offered to mail your enemies glitter, but was so overwhelmed by success, it closed down

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E1Kx TIL In 1941-42, during ‘Operation Barbarossa’, the Nazi’s captured roughly 5.5 million Soviet prisoners of war resulting in one of the most concentrated mass killings in human history
v1l1R TIL - After selling its temple, a small B.C. Sikh community gave the funds back to its town - BC
nW8X7 TIL the US has produced more serial killers than any other country accounting for 3,615 of the 5,454 known cases, or 66.2%.
DQmrg TIL of the car ferry MV Herald of Free Enterprise, which capsized just 90 seconds after leaving port because someone forgot to close the bow door! 193 people lost their lives as a result
4kvj5 TIL in 1609, Manhattan supported more ecological diversity per acre than Yellowstone National Park. Research suggests that had Manhattan never been developed, it would be one of the most important national parks