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TIL 90% of the wild Tasmanian devil population has disappeared due to an infectious form of cancer

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8e0OG TIL that the Auschwitz "Arbeit macht frei" sign features an inverted "B" - Jan Liwacz, Konzentrationslager prisoner who made the sign, inverted the letter in defiance of Nazi oppression. Jan Liwacz survived Auschwitz and Mauthausen and died in 1980 a respected and well known artisan smith.
Wpp4 TIL Carrie Fisher wore no underwear in Star Wars because George Lucas convinced her “there is no underwear in outerspace”
rxxd TIL that blue whales gain about 200 pounds per day for the first year of their lives
YpJEW TIL The Aztecs routinely sacrificed children to their God of Rain, Tlaloc. They believed their tears would bring rain, so they sometimes tortured them to make them cry more, even taking out their nails. Parents saw it as an honour for their children to be sacrificed.
DQLKj TIL the inventor of the Pringles can was so proud of the design that he requested to be buried in one.