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TIL that when vandals in Billings, Mont., targeted Jewish families by smashing windows where menorahs were being displayed, thousands of non-Jewish residents displayed menorahs in their own windows in a show of solidarity, bringing a stop to the attacks.

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VRPD TIL that 9 percent of the Burger King’s eggs and 20 percent of its pork are cage-free. And it costs an extra 25 cents to 40 cents per dozen to produce cage-free eggs.
PYAPe TIL that British and American commanders ensured the liberation of Paris on 25 August 1944 was a "Whites Only" victory. Most of Charles De Gaulle's Free French Army were African colonial soldiers who fought valiantly to liberate Paris but were stripped of uniform, sent home and denied pensions.
8a0BK TIL that one of the rarest coins is the 1933 Double Eagle gold coin. 433,000 minted but subsequently melted down. Officially 2 were kept but a small handful aside from that we’re smuggled out of the mint before they were melted down. One of those coins sold in 2002 for $7,590,020.
NXEQ8 TIL that because Paris is so romanticised in eastern cultures, travellers to the city - especially from Japan and China - can end up experiencing an intense culture shock that can cause anything between vomiting to actual hallucinations. The effect has its own name - Paris Syndrome
Zr0D TIL despite having more than twice the number of stars, the Andromeda galaxy is still not as dense as the Milky Way. We have more dark matter.