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TIL Rutka Laskier, a Jewish girl from Poland who died in the Nazi Auschwitz death camp at the age of 14, wrote a diary describing her experiences, and her diary was brought to light and published in 2006

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NXvgE TIL that Giraffes are 30 times more likely to get hit by lightning than people
l7RK1 TIL all 1,000 people that attended Genghis Khan’s funeral were killed by executioners, who were then killed by members of his escort, who then committed suicide, just to keep the location a secret. It hasn’t been found.
BADr TIL of retronyms, words created to differentiate between two words, where previously no clarification was required, like acoustic guitar.
vd9K TIL that despite fighting against Nazi troops, with 17,000 dying in combat, Colonial French (Black) troops were not allowed to liberate Paris because of their skin colour. To ensure that a French regiment was allowed to liberated Paris, De Gaulle was forced to use Spanish (white) soldiers
WkKvA TIL Partnership for a Drug-Free America, which used to air many PSAs through the 80s to the mid-2000s, was actually funded by alcohol, tobacco, and pharmaceutical companies. The ads steered clear warnings about legal drugs being abused.