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TIL Australian children's author Jackie French wrote a critically acclaimed novel called "Hitler's Daughter". Hitler's secret daughter, Heidi, escaped from the ruins of Berlin and emigrated to Australia, where she grew old and eventually revealed the truth to her granddaughter

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R5999 TIL that in world war 2, English soldiers would use passwords that had sounds that the language of the people they where fighting against did not have, so that they could tell if an unidentified person was an enemy soldier tying to infiltrate them by if they said these sounds correctly.
X06pE TIL the release of T. Rex's hit single "Get it On" ended the once-solid friendship between Marc Bolan and John Peel: Peel made clear his lack of enthusiasm for the song on air after playing his advance white label copy. They only spoke once more before Bolan's death in 1977.
D1Kvp TIL Boston Police officers cared for a stray cat named "SWAT Cat" for 3 years; when the calico cat went missing, Officer Pietroski, (15-yr veteran of BPD), worked after hours to build a "kitty condo" including a large deck & sliding glass doors. The cat returned and moved into the new home.
PYNpw TIL I learned about the Trans-Atlantic Accent which was cultivated Hollywood in the 1920's-40's to blend prestigious American and British accents for broader appeal, which is why people sound so different in older tv, films and radio back then.
Jprv TIL there’s a brown bear on California’s state flag but the last brown bear in California was killed in 1922