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TIL when nazis demanded a list of Jews living on the island of Zakynthos from the mayor and the bishop, they handed over a list of only their own two names.

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DwDY TIL old people smell is actually caused by a chemical, 2-nonenal, that old people secrete through their skin
N7eJ8 TIL the earliest known recording of a human voice was made in 1860 by dragging a stylus over soot-colored paper. The recording was made for visual purposes only and was not played back until 2008.
41Aw TIL that after George R. R. Martin saw the Breaking Bad episode “Ozymandias”, he called the show “amazing” and noted that “Walter White is a bigger monster than anyone in Westeros”
G7l1 TIL 1 in every 100 american adults are in prison, and that the U.S has more people in prison than China.
wPo TIL Guinness bought every British soldier in WWII a pint on Christmas Day. They would pay half your wages to your family while at war, guaranteed job when returning, funeral expenses, vacations, childrens’ education, scholarships, and paid wages 20% higher than other breweries (see more in link).