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TIL That a Flood Destroyed The Home Of Hate Group Leader Who Claimed “God Sends Natural Disasters To Punish Gays”

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pege TIL that self-made millionaire Harris Rosen adopted a run down neighborhood in Florida, giving all families daycare, boosting the graduation rate by 75%, and cutting the crime rate in half
M7O7m TIL that when the East German government voted to remove General Secretary Erich Honecker from office for incompetence, Honecker voted against himself.
8eal4 TIL that Britain looted around 45 trillion dollars from India between 1765 and 1938, based on nearly two years of precise tax and trade data.
lEx5 TIL sailors had crossed the Equator by 425BC and reported they’d seen the Sun switch sides in the heavens. Writers like Herodotus thought they were making it up
gr9bb TIL That the movie The Breakfast Club was named after a nickname for morning detention at the high school the movie was filmed at