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TIL that there is DNA evidence indicating Humans and Neanderthals interbred

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6EE77 TIL about the Circassian Genocide, where about 1,500,000 Circassians were killed and hundreds of thousands were displaced by the Russian Empire in an attempt to make room for Russian colonization in Circassia.
jwdv TIL Lavrentiy Beria, head of the NKVD (KGB precursor), abducted, raped and even murdered numerous women. Later, when he was executed, a rag had to be stuffed into his mouth to stop his begging and crying.
P1W7n TIL that although the Rhodesian Government eventually lost the Bush War, they killed 10,000 of Robert Mugabe’s forces while only losing 1,361 of their own.
OG0wX TIL there was a false belief in Europe starting in the 13th Century that Jewish males experience periodic bleeding through nosebleeds, urination or hemorrhoids bleeding similarly to women having their periods.
nlnr TIL The movie “This is Spinal Tap” is the only movie on imdb rated on a 1 to 11 Rating Scale due to the joke in the movie about the Amps going up to 11.