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TIL Hermann Göring's brother strongly opposed the Nazi party, and forged his brother's signature so people could leave the country. Once, he joined Jews who had to scrub the streets, so the SS officer stopped the activity in order not to humiliate Hermann Göring.

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ZpMRG TIL that the oldest Norman castle in England pre-dates the Norman conquest by ~15 years. It was built by a Norman knight named Richard Scrob, granted lands near the Welsh border by Edward the Confessor, though only earthworks survive today
P1KJe TIL that since 2010 there is a church called united church of bacon. They have over 25,000 members and even have their own bacon commandments.
16lEr TIL The youngest person confirmed to have been hanged in England was Michael Hamond, aged just seven. He was hanged in King's Lynn, Norfolk, next to his sister Ann, who was 11 at the time.
788G7 TIL regular 'concussion', or mild traumatic brain injury - mTBI, may lead to chronic neurodegenerative consequences following the twisting, buckling or distortion of white matter in the brain.
pO6Z TIL humans are unlikely to sink entirely into quicksand due to the higher density of the fluid: quicksand has a density of about 2 grams per milliliter, while human density is only about 1 gram per milliliter. A human would descend about up to their waist, but no further.