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TIL it is believed 2,000 black people were killed in concentration camps during World War II.

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nWGaW TIL the Swiss constitution of 1848 modelled itself on the US constitution, adopted fundamental rights and the separation of powers, but opted for a seven-member council instead of a single president to balance power regionally.
NX7YP TIL Jonathan Larson, creator of the Broadway Musical 'Rent', died suddenly and penniless the night before its first Off-Broadway performance. Rent made it to Broadway for a 12-year run and won Best Musical and many other awards, all of which Larson missed.
ZkOv TIL Native American warrior Crazy Horse grew to hate white people after witnessing his tribe being attacked by US troops. They had come because his tribe had slaughtered a cow that accidentally wandered into their village
ANRKa TIL Amanita phalloides (also known as death cap) is the most poisonous of all known mushrooms. It is estimated that as little as half a mushroom contains enough toxin to kill an adult human. It is also the deadliest mushroom worldwide, responsible for 90% of mushroom-related fatalities every year.
j6Jpn TIL that the original ideas of Dracula and Frankenstein were both conceived on the same night, in the same castle, during a freak storm