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TIL Icarus is actually a story about finding the middle way between the wing-melting sun and ocean, the earliest surviving example of the "golden middle" in Ancient Greek philosophy

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PY0xe TIL: Hitler has commited another genocide besides the Jewish Holocaust. Histestimate that between 220,000 and 500,000 Romani were killed by the Nazis and their collaborators.
5PXP TIL there is a stone-age tribe that remains isolated on an island in the Indian Ocean.They are known to kill people who venture on their island.
PV5G TIL 1 in 10 Icelanders publish a book in their lifetime
P1VeO TIL Pagash is a Slavic Lenten food found in Northeastern and Southwestern Pennsylvania. It is made from mashed potatoes, dough, and cheese. It is sometimes referred as as "Polish pizza" or "Slavic pizza".
4knYJ TIL of the Shakahola Forest Cult which directed over 300 members to starve themselves to death to meet jesus