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TIL that the the ‘zero’ was invented by an Indian mathematician Aryabhata

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pkBO TIL that in 1922, the New York Times reported that “several reliable, well-informed sources confirmed the idea that Hitler’s anti-Semitism was not so genuine or violent as it sounded, and that he was merely using anti-Semitic propaganda to catch masses of followers and keep them aroused”.
n15W TIL according to Worker’s Comp, the average maximum compensation for an arm in the US is $169,878. For a leg, it’s $153,221. So if something costs “an arm and a leg,” it comes to a total of $323,099.
kOZ4W TIL about Iva Toguri D'Aquino an alleged WW2 Propagandist who defied Japan and then was wrongfully jailed by the USA after media targeting and popular dissent
v1d8R TIL that if a pregnant woman has organ damage, the baby in her womb sends stem cells to help repair the organ.
yQDxX TIL that 2520 is the smallest number divisible by all the integers from 1-10