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TIL Hitler’s popularity is rising in India.

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WZyY TIL that the “your mother” insult is found in nearly all cultures and is as old as humanity itself with examples in Shakespeare and the Bible.
bgj0 TIL its illegal for drug companies to advertise to consumers almost everywhere in the world. The only exceptions are the US and New Zealand.
R5kv9 TIL that both hell.com and heaven.com lead to the same place! MyBible.com, a bible reading group!
mx5Vy TIL in the 1950s, when Polio was an epidemic, people who used iron lungs had to click to signal a nurse when they couldn't breathe after power went out. Then a nurse would come and manually operate the machine.
xVbG5 TIL that scammers wore a realistic silicone mask and impersonated a prominent public figure via video chat in order to steal €80m (£70m; $90m) from French CEOs and other wealthy victims. The fake figure said he needed the money to make secret payments to hostage takers.