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TIL about MS St. Louis, a refugee ship that left Hamburg in May 1939 carrying a load of passengers, most of them Jewish refugees bound for Cuba. They were subsequently turned away by Cuba, the US, and Canada. The ship was forced to dock at Antwerp, and the passengers divvied up to various countries.

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BgwXd TIL the first documented case of babies being switched at birth in NHS history
b9E4j TIL the Atomium is a world famous monument in Belgium thats image was so tightly controlled, that until 2015 organizations posting photographs of it online were being threatened with legal action for simply publishing photos.
n989 TIL that Indonesia found that a dead Manta Ray is worth $40-$500 dollars, while Manta Ray tourism can bring in $1,000,000+ during a single Ray’s life. Indonesia now has 2.2 million square miles of protected ocean for the Manta Ray.
8BAL TIL - There was an un-aired pilot of The Big Bang Theory where Sheldon drinks, and there’s no Penny. Completely different
rNKl0 TIL that some employers use surveillance tools originally developed for Pentagon and CIA to track staff behavior, emotions, fatigue, and productivity.