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TIL that when Sultan Mohammed V of Morocco was commanded to round up all Moroccan Jews for relocation to Nazi concentration camps, he said "There are no Jews in Morocco. There are only Moroccan subjects." Not a single Moroccan Jew was deported or killed during WWII.

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OPZ4 TIL there is a 2400 year old giant “honey mushroom” in Oregon, covering 2200 acres, slowly killing off the trees in the forest. It is the largest living organism on the planet.
E17Mo TIL of Kenichi Ito, a japanese athlete who holds the Guinness World Record for running 100 meters on all four limbs, setting a best time of 15.71 seconds.
eo1k TIL 63 Earths can fit inside of Uranus
b1D4 TIL 90% of Native Americans have no issue with the name “Washington Redskins”
N7DkP TIL [in 1926] Overcome with grief after the death of his wife, famed sharp shooter Annie Oakley, Francis Butler refused to eat and died of starvation 18 days later at the age of 78.