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TIL When the allies liberated Nazi concentration camps gays were forced to carry out their prison sentences

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OoZvL TIL about the Rosenstrasse Protest, where Non-Jewish wives and relatives of Jewish men protested Nazi Germany's policy of deportation of Jewish men. It was the only mass public demonstration by Germans during the Third Reich.
6ERml TIL that hot water freezes faster than cold water. This is called the Mpemba effect.
16nAO TIL about the Helmand Culture (or Helmand Civilization) which existed in Bronze Age Afghanistan and Eastern Iran and they had Texts in the Elamite Language suggesting Connections to the West of Iran
9Y4mM TIL that in Helsinki, every third Saturday of February, May, August, and November is known as 'Restaurant Day,' where anyone can open up a restaurant anywhere.
X0jrX TIL The pistol shrimp can produce a flash of light near the temperature of the sun in addition to a powerfull shockwave similar to a bubble bullet