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TIL of Der Kaiser von Kalifornien (The Kaiser of California), a 1936 film that was the first Western film made in Nazi Germany. Unlike most American Westerns of the 1930s it had a sympathetic portrayal of Native Americans

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pK8Q TIL in WW2 the Germans had a secret base in Norway developing nuclear weapons until a small group of Norwegian commandos blew it up in the middle of the winter.
dDvWZ TIL that monkeys used mind control to move a virtual arm and experience touch
6JDJ TIL that the car that President Kennedy was killed in was cleaned and used as the presidential limousine for President Lyndon B. Johnson until 1967 and later remained in service until 1978, 15 years after Kennedy’s death.
mxymv TIL Monterey Jack cheese was originally marketed by a businessman from Monterey named Jack.
JYDXQ TIL Michel Vaujour a French convict jailed in 1986 for attempted murder and armed robbery "forced his way onto the prison's roof by wielding nectarines that were painted to look like grenades." His wife then picked him up in a helicopter and whisked him away.