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TIL during WWII the Dominican Republic took in 100,000 Jewish people fleeing Europe

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Wkjr9 TIL of John Nixon, an 88-year-old former commando who attacked five robbers who were mugging a woman. He was stabbed in the hands and head after trying to disarm one of them. They fled afterwards, leaving empty handed. Nixon survived the encounter and recovered in hospital.
b9gEZ TIL cows can have best friends, and are significantly less stressed out when they get to hang out with them
R5MDa TIL that before the invention and introduction of toilet paper to the US dried corn cobs we're one of the preferred methods of wiping after using the bathroom.
X0AvP TIL that Gatorade is similar in composition to a medical rehydration solution.
b9e5Q TIL during the Civil War there was a Union version of the song Dixie that started, "Away down South in the land of traitors, rattlesnakes and alligators."