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TIL Christopher Columbus may have been jewish

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VBnm4 TIL that half of the top ten most violent cities, in all of America, are in fact small towns.
Wkv0B TIL Irish people originally had black hair. Red hair genes come from Vikings who settled in the 8th to 11th Centuries.
Lxp0 TIL Many unlicensed dog sellers in China perform DIY plastic surgery on sickly runts to make them resemble expensive breeds. The dogs are given painkillers and stimulants to appear active and healthy before sale. Most die within seven days. Licensed sellers dub the unfortunate animals “week dogs.”
BrJ4L TIL: The infamous & ill fated Gallipoli campaign of WWI, to capture the Dardanelles from the Turks, was the idea of then First Lord of the Admiralty, Winston Churchill.
5X0p TIL that in the Labyrinth movie all the “juggling” done by David Bowie was actually another guy standing behind him with his arms through his cloak.