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TIL that one woman pays $164K per year to live on a luxury cruise ship

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4XZpb TIL that Nazis ran brothels within concentration camps to motivate prisoners to work more. Over 35k women were forced into forced sex labour.
69GVl TIL despite the fact that saturated fat can raise our levels of ‘bad’ cholesterol, studies suggest that dairy foods like milk, cheese and yoghurt have a neutral or even positive effect, & help reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes & high blood pressure
vPkK TIL the “world’s worst nuclear disaster” was the result of two individuals stealing a radiotherapy source - and using it’s core as jewelry.
mxb9y TIL the reason monarchs moved their courts constantly was because they were forced to by filthy residences, as within days of a royal party settling in one palace or another, a stink would set in from poorly discarded food, animal waste, vermin from or attracted to unwashed bodies, and human waste.
g5gX TIL one of the most successful interrogaters in Nazi Germany, Hanns Scharff, preferred freindliness over torture.