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TIL Jimmy Carter Has Observed Over 100 Elections In 38 Countries Bringing A Reputation For Impartiality Reassuring Voters That They Can Safely And Secretly Cast Their Ballots

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pevb TIL that during the outbreak of World War II, London Zoo killed all their venomous animals in case the zoo was bombed and the animals escaped
B9LW TIL that the third largest religious movement in the world, with 1.1 billion “followers” are people who are secular, nonreligious, agnostic, and atheist
ZPYR TIL that in WWI Canadian soldiers used urine-soaked cloths as primitive respirators against chemical attacks. The ammonia in urine would react with the chlorine, neutralizing it, and that the water would dissolve the chlorine, allowing the soldiers to breathe through the gas.
lgZa TIL Only five independent writing systems have been produced in the entire human history. Sumerian, Egyptian, Harappan, Mayan, and Chinese.
E1Pgw TIL: Nazis' infamous lebensborn racial purity programme, forcing "Aryan" fit women from occupied countries to bear their children. The famous Abba singer Anni-Frid Lyngstad is one of these children