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R5Lvj TIL in 1940 a group of four chiefs officially forswore use of the swastika - an ancient symbol of friendship in many Native American cultures - and ceremonially burned a pile of textiles bearing the symbol as an act of repugnance against the Nazis.
a8Oyb TIL George McGovern accidentally bombed an Austrian farm during WWII. He was haunted for 40 years until after a TV interview, when the farmer called the station to reassure him that he and his family got out in time and that it was worth it if it helped bring down Hitler in any way.
R54J6 TIL Barbara Morgan, backup to Christa McAuliffe who died on the ill-fated Challenger mission, was also in a NASA chase plane that was following the Columbia when it broke up seventeen years later. She flew into space on Endeavour in 2007, fulfilling the Teacher in Space mission.