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TIL Audrey Hepburn's father was a Nazi

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Moob TIL that when Louisiana law enforcement refused to act in a timely manner, a kidnapping victim’s family got their guns, tracked down her captor, killed him and ultimately saved her.
0d9KN TIL Like casinos, shopping malls are intentionally designed to disorient visitors. The feeling of losing track of time and geography inside a mall is called the Gruen Transfer.
1aD87 TIL in the UK there's a museum all about America. Charting its history.
b6kEj TIL even people with pale skin can get vitiligo.
gM7E7 TIL: During the 14th century ships arriving in Venice from infected ports were required to sit at anchor for 40 days. This practice is where we get the word "quarantine" from the Italian "quaranta" meaning "forty"