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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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XE7eP TIL that only around 10% of blind Americans know how to read Braille, compared to 1950, where 50% knew how to read Braille. This is due to a shortage of teachers to teach it and more reliance on technology as well as Braille being seen as outdated.
P1AeZ TIL that zombie worms bore into the bones of whale carcasses with their specialised root tissues
wAXP TIL the US has similar income inequality to Russia and China
nyVr TIL that the 5 nanometer transistor production process (~ year 2020) is expected to be the end of Moore’s Law
BrPBD TIL About Miroslav Šatan, a former NHL hockey player. Because his name so closely resembles that of Satan, a popular April Fool's joke was that he was traded to the New Jersey Devils as a captain, making him the leader of the Devils.