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TIL that Hugo Boss was German, a Nazi, and supplied the Nazi regime with uniforms.

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bGO4 TIL that the part of a drinking fountain that sticks up behind the spout is there to keep you from wrapping your lips around the spout.
ANmaw TIL The Glencree German War Cemetery (German: Deutscher Soldatenfriedhof Glencree) is located in the valley of Glencree, County Wicklow, Ireland.The cemetery was dedicated on 9 July 1961. There are 134 graves. Most are Luftwaffe (air force),or Kriegsmarine (navy) personnel.
ODeg TIL Major banks like UBS, HSBC, and Barclays have been submitting phony numbers, often in concert with each other for years. Together they manipulated world markets, specifically the Libor rate, which controls interest rates worldwide, causing trillions in damage. No banker will spend a day in jail.
Bg05W TIL that there were several abortive assassination attempts on Hitler’s life before Stauffenberg finally went ahead with Operation Valkyrie on July 20th 1944.
oWWo TIL the first recorded flight of a human with artificial wings happened in the year 6 CE. Emperor Kao Yang liked to strap kites to his prisoners and throw them off of towers. One lucky guy, Yuan Huang T'ou, got a kite that worked well enough to carry him safely to the ground.