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TIL: There are more people living in slavery today than at any time in human history.

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4Xma5 TIL Ukrainian Ivan Kharchenko personally defused more than 1500 bombs weighing more than 500 kilograms each and 25,000 other explosive objects during the battles of Stalingrad and Kiev. After WW2, he disarmed 16,000 more unexploded bombs
kJBwE TIL Marilyn Monroe's likeness does not have any post-mortem protection as she was domiciled in New York at the time of her death and there are no federal publicity rights.
p7G8 TIL that two zebras died of hunger in a zoo in Palestine and were replaced with donkeys painted with black and white stripes.
awrdJ TIL that over 50% of all outdoor hockey rinks, and over 40% of all indoor hockey rinks are in Canada.
MlYB TIL Kindergartners in Siberia run outside in their underwears and dump freezing water over themselves to strengthen their immune systems.