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TIL Yuri Knorozov, a Russian linguist known for helping to decipher the Mayan script, always listed his cat Asaya as a co-author on his publications, despite the fact that editors repeatedly removed the name. He also included her in his author photo, and got annoyed whenever she was cropped out.

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TIL Yuri Knorozov, a Russian linguist known for helping to decipher the Mayan script, always listed his cat Asaya as a co-author on his publications, despite the fact that editors repeatedly removed the name. He also included her in his author photo, and got annoyed whenever she was cropped out.

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TIL Hitler so detested modern art that he ordered Goebbels to open a “degenerate art” gallery of works seized by the SA to show the German people what he was “saving” them from. The concept backfired, and Goebbels had to go to great lengths to discourage the pieces from being admired by guests.

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TIL I learned of Pierre Martin Ngô Đình Thục, brother of South Vietnamese President Ngô Đình Diệm, was excommunicated by the Catholic church and during that time consecrated bishops various schisms, forming the basis of their claims of apostolic succession back to the Apostles of Jesus.

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TIL about the Chibalo, a large-scale system of forced labour that included men, women and children in Portuguese Angola and lasted until the 1950s. Up to 30% of the total male population was employed. It reached a worker mortality rate of up to 40%.

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