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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.
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TIL that Slovakia also invaded Poland on Sept. 1, 1939, the same day as Nazi Germany.
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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.
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TIL nachos are named after Nacho Anaya, the first man to pour melted cheese on tortilla chips
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TIL Deutsche Bank AG, Germany’s biggest bank, financed the construction of the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz