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vkR4 TIL: Polish Resistance hero Witold Pilecki got himself arrested in 1942 so he could report to the West about the truth of what was happening in Auschwitz. He later organized the Warsaw Uprising. The post-war Communist government suppressed all information about him until 1989.
D1lwY TIL of the California Genocide, an oft-forgotten event in U.S. history due to occurring at the same time at the California Gold Rush. The Native American population of California decreased from as many as 150,000 in 1848 to 30,000 in 1870. Tribes such as the Yahi were hunted to extinction.
ljB1 TIL while filming “Blues Brothers,” John Belushi disappeared from the set. Dan Ackroyd went door to door looking for him. A homeowner told him, “Oh, you mean Belushi? He came in here an hour ago and raided my fridge. He’s asleep on my couch.”
4X48N TIL that a 2015 finders keepers law allows private companies to own anything they find in the outer space and that startups are already rushing to mine asteroids to take advantage of that law
awbaM TIL George Orwell's "1984" and "Animal Farm" are not banned in China and can be easily found in Chinese bookstores.