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TIL from the 16th to 19th centuries the Ottoman Empire enslaved over 1 million Europeans from ship and coastal raids of Italy, Spain, Portugal, Ireland, France, England, and the Netherlands. Some slaves were even captured by European pirates who then sold them to the Ottomans.

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wbVM TIL that divers searching a sunken wreck saw a hand in the murky water, grabbed it - and it grabbed back. More than 60 hours since the ship capsized, the cook was still alive. The sea water had acted as a CO2 scrubber keeping his compressed air pocket breathable.
RKAa TIL There is a man who digs up antique denim left in old abandoned silver mines. When a miner got a new pair of work pants, he’d cut up the old ones and use them for lagging around pipes. Collectors pay thousands of dollars for jeans, jackets and even scraps of denim
GA5EQ TIL: There was a planned Führermuseum in Germany that was expected to be completed in 1950 which would be a large art museum intended to be filled with thousands of confiscated artwork from the war. Many artworks intended to be displayed were re-looted when they lost and lost forever.
Y7Me7 TIL there is a 6% rise in car accidents following DST in the spring. It also negatively affects people with depression, anxiety and/or SAD.
PkYV TIL The world’s most venomous spiders are the Brazilian wandering spiders which has the most active neurotoxic venom of any living spider. These large and highly aggressive creatures often enter human dwellings and hide in clothing or shoes. When disturbed they bite furiously several times