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TIL Baby tossing from building ritual in India

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9RDr TIL When the nazis burned books in Berlin, Erich Kästner was the only “burned” author who was incognito present at the ceremony. He watched the nazis shout his name and toss his books to the flames.
6788 TIL Hitler praised the “Efficiency” of the American Genocide of Native Americans
Eg5Jx TIL King John of England died of dysentery in 1216, only one year after signing the Magna Carta
LxeZ TIL: The original Anti-Vaxxer falsified his findings and no other scientist has ever been able to verify his results.
8vlK TIL Fedex uses the United States Postal Service to ship almost a third of it’s packages in order to save money.