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TIL After WWII, homosexuals were forced to serve out their terms of imprisonment, regardless of the time spent in concentration camps

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ro9e TIL There was once a hybrid people who greatly resembled the culture and people of Skellige from the Witcher 3. They were called the Norse-Gaels and they were “Celtic Vikings” from Gaelic Ireland and Scotland who exhibited Norse-Gaelic cultural Syncretism
M7YY8 TIL General Electric was one of the first members of Dow Index in 1895, and the last to remain there until 2018.
GADm1 TIL in the small town of Norwood Ontario in 1957, some teenagers opened several fire hydrants simultaneously as a prank and caused the towns can-shaped water tower to be crushed inward like a tin can. It remained in use for 35 years and the town became infamous for its crushed water tower
NMyb TIL Hitler accidentally bombed his nephew’s house in Liverpool, so the nephew moved to the United States to fight with the Allies.
QJa1X TIL that you should wait at least 30 mins before brushing your teeth, after sugary or acid food. This is because brushing too early aggravates the acidic damage caused to tooth enamel.