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TIL that Hitler had absolutely no reason to declare war on the USA

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D17ag TIL When queen Anne of France died in 1514 her heart was cut out and placed in a golden heart casket where it sat for the last 500 years until it was stolen from the display case at the Thomas-Dobrée Archaeology Museum on April,14th of 2018.
9wAvB [TIL] About Annihilationism
e0LZE TIL that Emily Edith Smith believed she encountered Jack the Ripper in November 1892 (four years after his final victim). The girl was attacked by a strange man with a knife in Whitechapel. Smith kicked him in the groin and fled, and his description fit the Ripper's profile, but the trail went cold.
gMryb TIL In order to rescue Ethiopian Jews, the Mossad bought and ran a profitable scuba diving resort in Sudan between 1982 and 1984. 8,000 people were safely smuggled to Israel.
4krL5 TIL after his ship was locked in ice, Henry Hudson & crew survived the winter in the southern tip of the Hudson Bay. The following spring, Hudson, his teenage son, and 7 supporters were set adrift by mutineers on a small boat, never heard from again.