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TIL in 1730, 363 men, women, and children from Bishnoi community in India sacrificed their lives to protect trees from King’s men. When the King came to know of this sacrifice he personally travelled to the village to apologise for his minister’s actions and decreed the ban on cutting trees.
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TIL: Giuseppe Jona (renowned physician) of Venice was demanded by the Nazi’s to hand over a list of all Jews that lived there, which he possessed. On the day of the handover, he burned the list, then killed himself. His actions resulted in only 243 deported Jews and approx. 1,200 saved.
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TIL that Maat is the ancient Egyptian concept of truth, balance, order, harmony and justice. Maat was also the goddess who personified these concepts, and regulated the stars, seasons, and the actions of mortals and the deities who had brought order from chaos at the time of creation.
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