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TIL The mass persecution and killing of "witches" was not a thing of the Middle Ages but only started in the 15th century.

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WXd4 TIL Ireland is the only country in the world with a musical instrument as its symbol
Nxv8 TIL just before the Holocaust, Hitler offered 32 countries including the United States, Britain and Canada to take in Jews and let them leave peacefully “for all I [Hitler] care, even on luxury ships.” They all refused, leading to Hitler’s ‘Final Solution.’
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