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TIL that in 1970s, people in Cambodia were killed for being academics or for merely wearing eyeglasses!

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QJOxp TIL: A Filipino doctor who helped discover Erythromycin requested for $500 million in royalties to build a foundation for more accessible health services but was rejected and died without a single centavo.
MeYnB TIL that the northernmost Grain Silo in Canada is in northern Alberta and only 200 km from the border from the Northwest Territories.
weJY TIL that during the 1971 genocide in Bangladesh, the Pakistani Army would cut off the hair of women being held in Rape Camps to prevent them from committing suicide by using their hair to hang themselves
69ol8 TIL about the Uncensored Library in Minecraft, created by Reporters Without Borders to combat censorship. This virtual library gives users access to banned or censored articles and information from around the world, featuring works from journalists who have been censored in their home countries.