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TIL about the siege of Leningrad during WWII by the Wehrmacht, which led to 1.5m civilian deaths and is now classified as a genocide by some historians

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xrB1 TIL that throughout Alexander Graham Bell’s life, he fought against deaf people’s rights, worked at finding out why they married to stop them, called the deaf a “great calamity”, and even went so far as calling Sign Language “…contrary to the spirit and practice of America-…”
kJLAB TIL that North Koreans abducted dozens of Japanese which they apologise for in 2002.
5V9YR TIL Former Major League Baseball All Star and Red Sox Hall of Fame member Kevin Youkilis was once described as looking like “a refrigerator repairman, a butcher, the man selling hammers behind the counter at the True Value hardware store."
KYX76 TIL that in 1951, the future President of Botswana (then a member of the Botswanan Royal Family) and his wife were exiled to the UK for 5 years, as the South African government disapproved of their interracial marriage and the UK did not want to imperil their access to cheap resources in SA.
EgpRw TIL Usher was going to release an album called “All About U” in 2000. Due to leaks, the album was delayed and recreated with new music. It was released on Aug. 7, 2001 and retitled “8701.” 8701 days ago today.