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TIL That when Napoléon I emancipated the Jews he stated "I will never accept any proposals that will obligate the Jewish people to leave France, because to me the Jews are the same as any other citizen in our country" the Russian Orthodox Church labelled him as the 'Anti-Christ and The Enemy of God'

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nKYB TIL Marine biologists are claiming there is a rare instance of non-human warfare happening between octopuses in the waters off the coast of Australia. The octopuses are fighting in large groups over territory and even using projectiles such as seashells to spit at enemies.
9YBZB TIL About 120,000 Chinese tourists visited North Korea in 2018, compared to fewer than 5,000 Western tourists. The Chinese government also offers 60 students full scholarships to North Korean universities each year and 70 other Chinese students pay their own way there
1DLr Til that the hospital where Scrubs was filmed was torn down 4 years ago.
1kXW TIL a Chinese restaurant owner confessed to poisoning a competitor’s food killing 42 people in 2002.
Y7p8d TIL A horse can have as much as 14.9 horsepower