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TIL that Berlin Jew Stella Kubler outed between 600 and 3,000 other Berlin Jews during WWII and thus sent them to their deaths. After the war, she converted to Christianity, immigrated to Canada, and ended up committing suicide in 1994.

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R7BV1 TIL The granddaughter of Chinese Republican founder Sun Yat-sen dreamed about him twice, where he instructed her to promote his theories. She gave up her successful career as a property developer in Hawaii to travel around the world and made over 700 speeches about her grandfather's principles
b9RL0 TIL that while the punishment for an incelibate Vestal Virgin was to be buried alive, ancient Roman law forbade burials within the city. Offenders instead were entombed in small underground apartments with food and provisions, changing the legal definition to "descending into a habitable room."
dDkRE TIL that in 1986, a group of metal singers did an event called "hear 'n aid" to raise funds for Africa. It was organized by Ronnie James Dio and his band. This happened apparently because nobody of the metal scene was invited to the more mainstream fun rising event called "We Are the World".
VRjm TIL that the entire game The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past is less than 1MB in size.
d8b4K TIL lizards in areas hit by hurricanes have evolved grippier, bigger toe pads in order to hang on against high winds, even within one generation. Researchers studied 188 anole lizard species in 70 years of hurricane data. In areas spared by hurricanes, lizard toe pads were smaller.