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TIL: about Georgia Tan, the director of the Children’s Home Society, who became wealthy by kidnapping over 5,000 children and selling them for a steep profit. 500 children died under her care in Memphis, TN

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gjGb TIL Ben Stein does not believe in the scientific theory of evolution and blames it and science as a cause for the holocaust.
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