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Rlnj TIL the “Iron maiden,” commonly accepted as a medieval torture device, was created as a hoax in 1793, pieced together from artifacts found in museums to be used as a “spectacular” object for commercial exposition.
eplj6 TIL that Slovakia also invaded Poland on Sept. 1, 1939, the same day as Nazi Germany.
R7Np8 TIL Tibor Rubin survived the Holocaust, fought for the US Army during the Korean War, became a POW, and had to wait 55 years to receive his Medal of Honor, all because his sergeant was an anti-Semite.
6EZ08 TIL nachos are named after Nacho Anaya, the first man to pour melted cheese on tortilla chips
9wxBX TIL Deutsche Bank AG, Germany’s biggest bank, financed the construction of the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz