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TIL that the symbol @ possibly has its origins in the 6th century AD when monks adopted it as an abbreviation of the word “ad” - Latin for “at”.

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VMAyZ TIL that shortly after assuming power, Hitler used the burning of the German Parliment, the Reichstag building, to declare a national emergency crisis, consolidate power, and begin taking away civil liberties.
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