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TIL that the Hapsburg's are (1) still around and (2) were one of Hitler's biggest internal enemies (in the German speaking world) in WW2

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JOE8 TIL that Thomas Edison was an advocate for monetary reform in the United States. He was ardently opposed to the gold standard, and debt based money. Famously, he was quoted in the New York Times stating “Gold is a relic of Julius Caesar, and interest is an invention of Satan.”
yQP8M TIL that the rescue dogs searching the 9/11 rubble got depressed from constantly finding dead bodies so their handlers had firemen hide so the dog could find them and play.
9k4D TIL a Japanese death cult may have built Tesla’s deathray and tested it in Australia
b9NY7 TIL Colonel Sanders (which is a the highest honorary title in the State of Kentucky) of KFC fame sold his company in 1964 for only $2 million dollars ($17 million today). He remained as brand ambassador but complained the company had cut costs and made an inferior product than the early days.
d8R9E TIL the ‘Swiss Army Man’ directors had a dummy made up of Daniel Radcliffe, assuming he didn’t want to do the weird, nude, farting stunts and lay around in dirt. But he loved it so much, he insisted on doing every scene.