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TIL that 6 babies, the “Kaufering Babies”, were born to Jewish women imprisoned at the Dachau Concentration Camp in WW2 and survived thanks to the kindness of other Jewish prisoners.

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0971 TIL Charles Darwin in his work “On the Origin of the Species” stated: “I see no good reason why the views given in this volume should shock the religious feelings of any one.”
VBAP4 TIL Dan Savage, the American author who founded the non-profit organization "It Gets Better Project" in 2010, is also known for coining, in 2001, the term 'pegging" to describe a woman anally penetrating a man with a strap-on dildo.
VMybZ TIL about the U.S. Air Force's doomsday weapon, SLAM. The rocket was designed to fly fast and low over the Soviet Union, dropping hydrogen bombs over predetermined targets while its unshielded nuclear reactor contaminated everything in it's path.
naDd TIL an underground system governs the turf that China’s beggars can work: able-bodied beggars who intrude on territory reserved for the disabled or elderly are beaten
7rLOx TIL Marvel was once pressured by the Mormon Church to remove a "hidden message" which casts the church in a critical light.