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TIL That when Joseph Stalin’s first wife died, he said “This creature softened my heart of stone. She died and with her died my last warm feelings for humanity.” He eventually went on to execute her brother, her sister, and her cousin.

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l0W5 TIL that in Oslo Norway, there is a free medical clinic for undocumented immigrants. They will even provide patients with a translator at no charge.
6Y78 TIL Henry Ford was an anti-semite and a Nazi supporter, and used his company, money and influence to spread and legitimize antisemitic views. He blamed every national problem on Jews, from strikes to depressions, and received the “Grand Cross of the German Eagle” from the Nazis in 1938.
NEL6 TIL there are tribes called ‘Cargo Cults’, who worshipped planes during WW2, believing they were gifts from the gods, and they built their own small airstrips and phoney planes to attract them. Some tribes still exist today.
BADr TIL of retronyms, words created to differentiate between two words, where previously no clarification was required, like acoustic guitar.
g5AL TIL that last surviving witness to the Abraham Lincoln assassination lived long enough to be interviewed about it on television.