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TIL that the Jewish ghetto system (and forcing Jews to wear yellow stars) was merely adopted by the Nazis, and dates back hundreds of years and were common in Europe throughout the 1400's and 1500's

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kJGP7 TIL over 70% of Irish men are hazardous drinkers according to the WHO's AUDIT-C screen tool
pmP4 TIL: People in Iceland genuinely believe in elves. They live in the forests and they have an elf church.
JmlB TIL In the Philippines there’s banana ketchup. During WW2 there was a shortage of tomatoes and had to use bananas as a replacement to replicate ketchup. It’s made from mashed banana, sugar, vinegar, and spices
MexAV TIL of the Thud experiment where participants faked hallucinations to be admitted to a psychiatric hospital but then acted normal. They were forced to take antipsychotic drugs to be released.
kOw84 TIL of John Stevens Henslow, a British priest, botanist and geologist, who, in 1831, was offered a place aboard a voyage to survey South America. After his wife dissuaded him from accepting, Henslow wrote to the captain, telling him to offer his place on the HMS Beagle to his protégé, Charles Darwin