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TIL Pregnant women in Aushwitz were told they would receive double portions of food but were sent to gas chambers instead.

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kJvl4 TIL not that long ago, you could go to jail for kissing … in Ireland
4YWX TIL of the Pig War between the US and Canada over disputed territory in Washington and BC. The only casualty was the pig.
nvo7 TIL the most powerful commercial radio station ever was WLW (700KHz AM), which during certain times in the 1930s broadcast 500kW radiated power. At night, it covered half the globe. Neighbors within the vicinity of the transmitter heard the audio in their pots, pans, and mattresses.
pgrN TIL of Tommy McHugh, who at 51 “attempted to evacuate his bowels quickly due to a knock on the toilet door,” suffered a brain hemorrhage, and unlocked a previously hidden talent for creating poetry and art
0wRXv TIL that Buzz Aldrin’s mother (named Marion Moon) shot herself before his lunar flight because she didn’t know if she could cope with his impending fame. He then fell into depression and alcoholism after his flight.