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TIL that the Yazidi minority in Northern Iraq have survived 72 attempted genocides

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Bg8bL TIL in 2012, Adidas withdrew its plans to sell a sneaker which featured affixed rubber shackles after significant criticism that the shackles invoked the painful image of slavery. In a tweet, the designer of the shoe responded that the sneaker was inspired by a childhood toy called "My Pet Monster"
5YdAQ TIL that the chemist whose research department invented the gas used to kill jews in concentration camps was not only a jew but also won the nobel peace prize for his prior work of extracting nitrogen from air, allowing us to feed billions.
R5o71 TIL that Britney Spears' music was used by the British Navy to ward off Somali pirates
dDZ5Q TIL the author of a best selling evangelical book, "I Kissed Dating Goodbye" which promoted "Purity Culture" and condemned pre-marital touching including kissing, disavowed his book, divorced his wife, and renounced Christianity
Gnw4 TIL that Thanksgiving was made a national holiday because one woman obsessively campaigned to make it so until eventually President Lincoln agreed. The same woman also wrote “Mary had a little lamb” and lobbied for the creation of the Bunker Hill memorial.