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TIL Baghdad, considered to be currently among the least hospitable places to live on earth, was once the cultural and scholarship center of the world during the Islamic Golden Age.

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0dyDL TIL the Birmingham Six, wrongfully convicted for the 1974 Birmingham pub bombings, had their convictions quashed in 1991 and were awarded millions in compensation.
E1PGx TIL during the murder of 1,500 Jews from Józefów, the commander of the German Reserve Police Battalion 101 allowed his subordinates to opt out of direct participation. Fewer than 12 men out of a battalion of 500 did so.
lNdr TIL that reddit launched a commenting system six months after reddit was launched
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BrWjd TIL Epilepsy kills as many people per year as Breast Cancer