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TIL that the Association of German National Jews was a group of Jewish Germans who supported Hitler in the early 1930s hoping for assimilation, but its members were later persecuted and sent to concentration camps.

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XpLr TIL the first tanks in World War I were held together by rivets until it was discovered that explosions would turn the rivets into shrapnel, injuring soldiers in the tank even if the explosion did not penetrate the armor
X0veD TIL that Pokémon Gold and Pokémon Silver, which sold 23 million copies, were developed by just 4 programmers.
moRp TIL There is a 200 foot pink stuffed rabbit on a northern Italian hillside.
e0V5k TIL that there was a rumor that Stephen Hawking would deliberately run over the toes of people he didn’t like. He denied this rumor by stating it was “A Malicious rumor” and “I’ll run over anyone who repeats it”.
mxNlY TIL that, after binge-watching Breaking Bad, Sir Anthony Hopkins wrote a letter to Bryan Cranston praising him for his portrayal of Walter White.