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TIL that if you have 1 Jewish grandparent you can apply for Israeli citizenship. The same criteria was used by Nazi Germany to determine who was Jewish.

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kJVAW TIL Conjoined twins Masha and Dasha were opposites. Masha was a cruel, domineering "psychopath" who was "emotionally abusive" to her caring, empath sister who remained gentle and kind and longed for a normal life. Dasha considered separation surgery while Masha refused
YpPlZ TIL that we humans have been dependent since 1977 on the blue blood of horseshoe crabs to keep our medicines safe. The crabs have been 'bled' for a chemical which is used to test for bacterial contamination in drugs. Finally, pharmaceutical companies are committing to a synthetic version.
dA9j TIL that the character King Julian from Madagascar was only meant to have a couple of lines, until they cast Sacha Baron Cohen and rewrote the script because his recordings were so funny.
p8ZgO TIL about Aqua Tofana. A poison invented by a woman named Giulia Tofana. she sold the poison over a period of 50 years to women trapped in difficult marriages as they had no other way to get out of it in 17th century Italy. Over 600 victims are alleged to have died from this poison.
9wrrM TIL that in 2007 it was announced that U2 were involved in a project to build the U2 Tower, an apartment building in Dublin which also housed their recording studio. It would have been the tallest building in Ireland if completed but it was cancelled due to the 2008 economic downturn in the country.