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TIL that Baby Face Nelson killed more FBI agents than any other criminal in history.

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4XllX TIL that the Clash song Garageland was inspired by a critic's comment that "The Clash are the sort of garage band that should be speedily returned to the garage, preferably with the motor still running".
9wpBQ TIL the USS Colorado was the only Pacific Fleet battleship not at Pearl Harbor during the Japanese surprise attack. She subsequently defended the Golden Gate Bridge, survived a kamikaze attack at Leyte Gulf and returned to San Francisco at war's end.
lodMr TIL a South African farmer rescued a baby hippo from a flood and gave it a home. The farmer fed him, brushed his teeth and helped him. The farmer was found dead with severe bite marks from the hippo and his body submerged in the river where he rescued the hippo 6 years earlier
vPyjx TIL of Inalchuq, a governor of the Khwarezmian Empire who appropriated and slaughtered a Mongolian Caravan in 1218, and sold its goods. Protected and supported by his Sultan, his actions would lead to the subjugation and near-genocide of his entire empire and people.
vPObr TIL: the german general population under Hitler never actually got the Volkswagen beetle. There was a stamp lottery to get one that never finished before total war broke out. The first deliveries happened after the fall of the nazis.