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TIL that according to the interpretation of Rav (one of the greatest Talmudic scholars), the "mark" G-d gave to Cain was a dog.

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Go5Q TIL that when FDR died in 1945, Harry Truman offered his condolences to Eleanor, asking, “Is there anything I can do for you?” Mrs. Roosevelt responded, “Is there anything we can do for you? For you are the one in trouble now.”
Brjje TIL that the US Army has historical protocols associated with using a sword to cut cake. Traditionally, the oldest and youngest soldiers are chosen to cut the cake in some ceremonies as a way of linking the past with the future.Swords dating from the Revolutionary War are often used at such events.
QWBM TIL that Bulgaria was the only country to save all of it’s Jewish citizens from deportation to concentration camps
d81eB TIL of the Circassian genocide, in which 80-97% of the total population were either killed or expelled by the Russian Empire.