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yQLJX TIL The Nazis greatly admired the policies of segregation and Jim Crow in the American South, and their anti-Jewish laws were directly inspired by American policy towards black people
gr6W8 TIL about the Mapogo lion coalition of 6 male lions that took over 70K hectares, which was ruled by 8 different prides and killing over 100 lions in the process. They completely changed the entire Sabi Sands ecosystem.
4k1N TIL that the “born of a virgin” prophecy in the Old Testament was actually an improper translation. The original text actually read “young woman” not “virgin.”
DQAdP TIL that a flock of seagulls and a suitcase full of pepperoni got one man banned from a Fairmont hotel for 17 years
W5Ko TIL In Ancient Rome, flaming war pigs were used to counter war elephants. The siege of Megara in 266 BC was broken when Megarians doused pigs in pitch, set them alight and drove them towards the enemy’s massed war elephants. The elephants bolted in terror, killing a large number of soldiers.