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TIL that all Ashkenazi Jews come from a population of about 350 people between 600 and 800 years ago

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nWnP7 TIL that Djibouti, a small country with less than a million people, hosts military bases from the US, China, Japan, France and Italy. Due to its strategic position at the mouth of the Red Sea, leases from foreign military bases make up 5% of its economy.
nWrxB TIL that Town Line, New York voted 85 to 40 to secede from Union along with the Confederacy, and did not rejoin the Union until 1946.
rREoo TIL of Albert Göring, brother of Hermann Göring. Unlike his brother, Albert was opposed to Nazism and helped many Jews and other persecuted minorities throughout the war. He was shunned in postwar Germany due to his name, and died without any public recognition for his humanitarian efforts.
KY874 Today I learned, that for Eurovision 2008, Ireland was represented by a mascot like i still don't get the joke, what is that?
xVNvD TIL of the 2011 April 27th tornado super outbreak. The system involved 362 confirmed tornadoes, including 3 EF-5 tornadoes with winds of upwards of 200 mph. Over a dozen states were impacted, incurring approximately $11 billion USD in damages.