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TIL it is illegal under German law to deny the holocaust, which is punishable by up to 5 years in prison.

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wpoP TIL the US Army admits it secretly dumped 64 million pounds of nerve and mustard gas agent in the sea, along with 400,000 chemical-filled bombs, landmines and rockets, and more than 500 tons of radioactive waste.
rNdbM TIL that the US government runs an official dad joke database
oBY7o TIL: Nazi Prisoners built a raft and escaped their POW camp. Only to find that the Salt River had run dry.
4BN TIL that Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha) shows up in Christian documents from the Middle Ages and was even canonized as St. Josaphat
5BVD TIL the special sunglasses John Lennon and Ozzy Osbourne wore are called “teashades”