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TIL that during the 70s-80s the crime was so high in New York City that they had volunteer crime-prevention patrollers like Guardian Angels

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9Yj9Q [TIL] that though Finland was allied with Germany during WW2, they refused to expel their native (and immigrant) Jewish population, with those serving in the army taking particular delight in speaking Hebrew around the SS and Wehrmacht in Finland.
R5rGw TIL that there is a type of coating that absorbs 99.65% of visible light
P10RJ TIL that Ted Cruz was born in Alberta.
MRX8 TIL That Walmart in 2005 had a “Singles Night” where people had bows on their cart if they were “looking” for someone.
xVOmo TIL that Leonard Nimoy (Spock) was fluent in Yiddish