{"id":51081,"date":"2017-03-06T00:00:03","date_gmt":"2017-03-06T08:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/?p=51081"},"modified":"2017-03-06T16:12:40","modified_gmt":"2017-03-07T00:12:40","slug":"weekly-wrap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/2017\/03\/weekly-wrap\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Wrap Volume 140"},"content":{"rendered":"
This is a weekly wrap of our popular Daily Knowledge Newsletter. You can get that newsletter for free here<\/a>.<\/div>\n

\"typhus\"The Polish Schindlers<\/a><\/p>\n

You\u2019ve probably heard of Oskar Schindler, the German industrialist who saved the lives of 1,200 Jews during the Holocaust. Here\u2019s a story you probably haven\u2019t heard\u2014about two men who pulled off a similar miracle in Poland. \u00a0Dr. Eugene Lazowski was a young Red Cross physician living in the village of Rozwadow during the Nazi occupation of Poland in World War II. Life in Poland under German occupation was a time of unimaginable suffering and horror. By the time the Soviet Union\u2019s Red Army finally drove the Germans out in 1945, one fifth of the entire Polish population had been murdered, including 3 million of Poland\u2019s 3.4 million Jews, and 3 million Polish Gentiles. Millions more Poles were arrested and put to work…(more<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\"battery\"Why Does Storing a Car Battery on a Concrete Floor Drain It?<\/a><\/p>\n

Contrary to very popular belief (even touted by many a mechanic), today\u2019s car batteries with their hard plastic shells will not discharge or otherwise be damaged when placed on a concrete floor. (The other way around isn\u2019t always true, with an already damaged battery leaking battery acid on a concrete floor potentially causing some damage to said concrete. And if you\u2019re curious, see: The Difference Between Concrete and Cement) But don\u2019t take our word for it. To quote Interstate Batteries, \u201cThe type of plastic (polypropylene) used in battery cases is a great electrical insulator. Also, tremendous technological improvements…(more<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\"duty-free\"Duty Free<\/a><\/p>\n

Providing shoppers with a chance to buy and transport goods across international boundaries without paying local and national taxes, duty-free shops are found in airports and other ports and stations around the world. A creation of the 20th century, duty-free shops mark a sharp departure from more than 2,000 years of nations generating revenue by taxing the trade in commodities and other goods. The practice of imposing such taxes traces its origins to at least the ancient Greeks and Romans where duties were levied on a wide variety of imports and exports. As leaders through the ages…(more<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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