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TIL that Nazi Germany had made detailed plans to ship 4 million Jews to Madagascar.

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mxW4o TIL that a group of hungry wild boars in Tuscany ate $22,000 of Cocaine to foil drug dealers
ADE8B TIL of "Zonal" languages. Zonals are like universal languages but for a specific language family. Slavic, Germanic, and Romance languages would all have their own "Zonal" designed using familiar rules/logic/alphabet/etc. The goal is promoting greater regional cohesion in a language zone.
Qm4d TIL a man from China bought a first class ticket which came with access to a VIP lounge that had free food. He rescheduled over 300 times in a year to enjoy over 300 free meals. When investigated, he canceled the ticket and got a full refund.
oRxJo TIL: The Sea Peoples were a confederacy of naval raiders who harried the coastal towns and cities of the Mediterranean region between c. 1276-1178 BCE
dovj TIL as early as 3,400 years ago, ancient Danes were being buried with Egyptian-made jewelry, including beads from the same workshop as King Tut’s death mask. A researcher working on the beads believes that there might be a connection between Egyptian and ancient Nordic religion.