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TIL Mikhail Gorbachev was unable to be present on the occasion of his award of the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, 1990 but had his First Deputy Foreign Minister speak instead. His speech emphasized perestroika for USSR and mankind

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9jap TIL that there is a village in Brazil where the twinning rate is 10% compared to the global 0.4%. Josef Mengele, the Nazi doctor who conducted twin “studies” at Auschwitz, relocated to Southern Brazil in 1963 leading to a theory that he experimented on locals causing an abnormally high twin ratio.
MLW TIL that despite popular belief, violence now is much lower than previous decades/centuries.
QLBk TIL in 1950, Pope Pius XII confirmed there was no conflict between Christianity and the theory of evolution, and the Church supports the idea of theistic evolution.
bGgQ TIL Russian criminal and prisoners would get large chest and back tattoos of Stalin and Lenin, not out of respect, but to avoid having internal organs damaged during beatings by guards who would not denigrate the images.
dmKj TIL In the late 1980’s, Paramount was considering making a Doctor Who movie with Michael Jackson as The Doctor. Their second choice? Bill Cosby.