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TIL: Martin Luther, the founder of Protestantism, advocated setting synagogues on fire and & destroying Jewish homes, so that these "envenomed worms" would be forced into labour or expelled "for all time".

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KYryJ TIL that Magnús Scheving (Spartacus, LazyTown) made a bet with a friend to master a sport chosen by the other within three years. He was assigned aerobics, while his friend was assigned snooker. Eventually, he became a national champion in aerobics; his friend became a national champion in snooker.
XbdP TIL that the film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory was financed by the Quaker Oats company because they wanted to launch a Wonka candy line.
ADjB7 TIL, actor Hugh Laurie was one of the highest-paid actors in television drama, earning £250,000 ($409,000) per episode of televison series House.
N7gZN TIL of Marcel Tyberg, a Viennese composer who, because of his 1/16th Jewish heritage, was killed at Auschwitz in 1944. Before his capture, he entrusted his scores to a close friend. The scores ended up in the US but were untouched for decades. Within the last 10 years, his music was rediscovered.
jaeX TIL of the Guinea Worm. In 1986, it infected 3.5 million people . Now it is down to 2 cases in 2016. It stands to be the second globally eradicated infectious disease in history, after smallpox.