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TIL Hitler wished Islam had spread throughout Europe rather than Christianity

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KOgoE TIL: The Japanese term for the Pleiades star cluster in Taurus is "Subaru," which is why Subaru has that 6-star logo.
ZxVG TIL During the Holocaust, Jews were able to hide and escape on a ship by lining the floorboards with cocaine to numb the noses of the Nazi jew-sniffing dogs during searches.
E1xEX TIL that Frankie Muniz of Malcolm in the Middle Doesn't remember his role in the series due to side effects of suffering concussions.
Ypey7 TIL moths vibrate their genitals to avoid bats. This action produces ultrasound that jams bats’ built-in sonar, rendering the moths temporarily “invisible”.
EgGLW TIL that two different women (Marguerite Georges and Giuseppina Grassini) had sexual affairs first with Napoleon and later with the Duke of Wellington. Georges even expressed her preference for Wellington: "The Duke was by far the strongest"