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TIL The gypsies lost more in percentage terms than the Jews during the holocaust. They don't call it the holocaust, they call it the devouring.

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EL7d TIL that when Ken McElroy was murdered with at least two different guns, the residents of Skidmore, Missouri refused to identify the shooters. For decades he was known as the ‘town bully’ due to multiple crimes throughout town, and at the time was on trial for shooting an elderly grocer in the neck.
neANr TIL when you donate at the Indigo/Chapters/Coles checkout to buy books for kids, schools that receive the money must use it to buy books ONLY from Indigo/Chapters/Coles and only at full retail price.
LkBYZ TIL of the Youth International Party, a US political party in the 1960’s who’s nomination for president was a pig named Pigasus
gM6JA TIL that Billy West, who does the voice of Philip J. Fry's on Futurama among other characters, intentionally made Fry's voice close to his natural voice as a job security measure because it would be more difficult to replace him.
nn5W TIL that nuclear explosions were considered for large construction projects in the 1970s