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TIL there was a secret military unit organized to interrogate Nazi leaders and scientists after WWII known only by its mailing address, P.O. Box #1142

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yQjn8 TIL Of the Nazi drug D-IX that allowed test subjects to march 56 miles per day while carrying a 44 lb. backpack
EVwo TIL that two brothers survived the Lusitania sinking, but became separated in the aftermath. Each sent a telegram to their father explaining that they had survived and were looking for their brother. In receiving both telegrams, their father knew both sons had survived before they knew themselves.
nVZB TIL players who completed the games Ultima III to Ultima VII could report their wins to Lord British (Richard Garriott/Origin) and receive a Certificate of Completion in the mail. Today these certificates are highly sought-after collector’s items.
M69m TIL in a small town in County Cork, Ireland, a monument stands in appreciation to the American Choctaw Indian Tribe. Although impoverished, shortly after being forced to walk the Trail of Tears, the tribe somehow gathered $170 to send to Ireland for famine relief in 1847.
WarN TIL the Kennedy family kept reservoirs of medication in safe deposit boxes around the United States to treat JFK in the event of an adrenal crisis caused by Addison’s disease.