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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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GYovE TIL that in Singapore, people who opt-out of donating their organs are put on a lower priority to receive an organ transplant than those who did not opt-out.
dDYDd TIL that the last person to be executed in denmark was on his fourth capital crime when it happened and actively wanted to die so he attempted to murder prison guards while serving a life sentence
D1Xje TIL Beethoven had a number one single on the US pop charts in 1976
awNeN TIL that the animal with the smallest known brain to body ratio is the "bony-eared assfish"
5Yjg9 TIL avocados evolved alongside extinct megafauna like giant ground sloths whose digestive system could pass the intact pit. Human cultivation saved the avocado.