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TIL that “shrapnel” is named after Henry Shrapnel, inventor of a type of anti-personnel cannonball

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pk5G TIL that a Polish patriot allowed himself to be captured by the nazis in WW2 to be sent to Auschwitz. Inside the camp, he formed a underground resistance group that did a variety of things such as morale and passing on Intel to the outside. First detailed report of the holocaust. He soon escaped.
AZNd TIL Les Claypool of Primus and Dean Ween are set to host a “Fishing Show” on Comedy Central, and is going to be produced by South Park creators Trey Parker and Mat Stone
p8PoZ TIL In Finland, city planners are known to visit parks immediately after the first snowfall, when the existing walking paths are not visible. People naturally choose desire paths, clearly marked by their footprints, which can be then used to guide the routing of new purpose-built paved paths.
DA4e TIL Woody Harrelson’s father was an organised crime figure who, in 1982, confessed to the assassination of JFK.
e0DV6 TIL Dominos Pizza ended the "30 Minutes or it's Free" guarantee, in the 1980s, after a delivery driver killed a woman trying to meet the time constraint.