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TIL prisoners in the female-only concentration camp Ravensbruck purposefully sewed socks with thin heels and toes so German soldier’s feet would get sore.

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OBJa TIL that Mount Everest has around 200 dead bodies which are now landmarks along the way up
8e878 TIL, in 1878, firemen from all-black Engine Co 21 always seemed to arrive first at fires soon after discovering that sliding down a long pole between floors saved them time over using stairs. Other stations quickly adopted the fire pole which became standard in the city and eventually worldwide.
9YDkD TIL puritans managed to have a prenuptial pregnancy rate of under 10%
4JQ5 TIL that Stephen Hawking is the only person who has portrayed himself in Star Trek. Specifically, in a poker game between Hawking, Einstein, Newton, and Data.
Mev0m TIL about the battle of bamber bridge 1943 an out break of racial violence between black and white american military personnel due to the white MPs trying to enforce jim crow laws the 3 pubs in the town responded by putting up signs that said black troops only