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TIL Adolf Hitler wrote an opera called Wieland der Schmied based on unfinished work by Wagner. Its now on display in Austria.

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Lkn0d TIL of George Remus, who after being released from jail for bootlegging, murdered his estranged wife in broad daylight. She had stolen his fortune and attempted to have him killed after running off with a corrupt federal agent. He was acquitted by a jury after only 19 minutes of deliberation.
Zp57G TIL hip-hop legend and pioneer, Nas, wrote the lyrics for Will Smith’s “Gettin Jiggy Wit It”
v1wKR TIL Serial killer Ted Bundy was convicted and sentenced to death in large part on the basis of now-discredited forensic bite mark evidence. Though there was other evidence implicating him and he later confessed to the killings anyway, so no one doubts his guilt.
KYEja TIL among the official HTTP client error response codes (like "404: Not Found"), status code "418: I'm a teapot" is the code used to indicate that the server refuses to brew coffee because it is, permanently, a teapot.
BgVLy TIL the hacker group anonymous tried to hack a mexican cartel and had to back down after the cartel hired counter hackers to hunt them down