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TIL that people in Berlin call the Soviet Soldier monument “The Tomb of the Unknown Rapist”

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oP6A TIL While Cambridge was closed due to the Bubonic Plague, Sir Isaac Newton invented Calculus over the course of 18 months
D1kep TIL about the Hmong people's exogamous wedding customs . Before he may "zij" (snatch) her, the boy must first give a gift to the girl. After which, the boy may then zij the girl. If the boy never presented a gift, she is allowed to refuse and return home with any family member who comes to save her.
9w6pQ TIL that Albert I, King of the Belgians (b. 1875, r. 1909-1934) commanded the Belgian Army from the front during WWI, while his wife Elisabeth worked as a frontline nurse and their 12 year old son Leopold enlisted as a private and fought in the ranks
ek95 TIL the Nazis forced approximately 90 Gypsy inmates to drink nothing but seawater just to see what would happen. The resulting dehydration was so severe that inmates licked newly mopped floors just to get a single drop of fresh water.
vGyj TIL Germany just finished paying off their WWI reparations debt in October 2010