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TIL Down syndrome used to be called Mongolism

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PY41w TIL that Stereoscopic 3D television was demonstrated for the first time in August of 1928.
7rQbP TIL that after the Crusaders captured Jerusalem, they massacred the Jew and Muslim population, including women and children. The massacre was so large, that the Crusaders were supposedly wading in blood up to their ankles.
yr1v TIL in 2009 a Russian woman was prosecuted for raping ten men, out of which nine men pressed charges, while one man said he loved it.
VKvQ TIL 3% of Washington DC’s population is HIV positive, on par with some West African countries
R7om6 TIL that the ground cinnamon sold in most stores is actually derived from "cassia", a tree related to "true cinnamon".