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TIL Gay victims of the Holocaust, who wore the pink triangle, were not seen as victims by British and American troops and were often sent back to prison to serve out their term.

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GAnnG TIL notorious violent UK prisoner Charles Bronson has spent much of his prison life in solitary confinement. He wrote a book in 2002 on the topic of how to stay fit in a solitary confinement cell.
J1PgQ TIL the 1939 film "The Wizard of Oz" initially lost money at the box office. It wasn't until a rerelease in 1949 that its studio finally earned a profit on the film.
8nxZ TIL of the Grandpa Gang, a group of senior citizens who broke into a formerly impregnable bank vault in England and made off with over $20 million.
PY0LO TIL that ethics books are more likely to be stolen from libraries than other books.
lyNB TIL the USA developed at least 2 working nuclear thermal rocket engines that were twice as efficient as chemical rockets, tested them both in the open air at Jackass Flats near Area 51, and deemed them ready to power a manned spaceflight mission to Mars.