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TIL that many female workers at Ravensbrück concentration were forced to produce army uniforms for the Nazis. They deliberately sabotaged them. An example of this is that they made the heels of socks too narrow or defective. This gave soldiers painful blisters on their feet.

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69GWZ TIL the Triforium, a six-story sculpture near Little Tokyo in Los Angeles, was supposed to track the motions and conversations of people near it and convert them into patterns of light, and also point giant lasers toward the sky spelling out "Los Angeles." But its artist designer ran out of money
YPLx TIL that Michael Jackson once had his Security guard throw a pie in a Producers face because he was treating everyone badly
rRrj1 TIL that some dogs won't eat food while their owners are away due to separation anxiety
rWXd TIL that almost all of the stadiums used in the Beijing Olympics in 2008 are huge concrete wastelands at the moment
oaXK TIL Salvador Dali painted a portrait of Abraham Lincoln using 121 pixels.